It appears Lionsgate is finally moving forward with their long-gestating Harry Houdini movie. Producer Frank Marshall (Gremlins, Back to the Future) is stewarding the project which will present Houdini as an adventurer, master of magic, and an investigator of the occult. Instead of producing a standard biopic, Lionsgate aims is to create a swashbuckling version of the character in the mould of Indiana Jones.
The film has been spinning its wheels in development hell since 2009, now looks as though it’s gaining some traction. Lionsgate’s people are in talks to sign a hot young director with a couple of 2016’s most buzzworthy genre releases under his belt.
Deadline is reporting that the studio is in discussions with 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan ...
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