COPPERFIELD
SAM’s New President .. Christopher Bontjes
Houdini films in the pipe line
Chuck Co-Creator Writing One Of Three Houdini Pics
The zombie trend is dying. Vampires are on their way
out. So what’s coming next? Magicians! Specifically Harry
Houdini. The legendary illusionist and escape artist seems
to be Hollywood’s latest preoccupation, as three different
films are now in the works, hoping to explore Houdini’s
unique mystique.
First up, Sony’s been developing a mystery that focuses
on Houdini’s passion for debunking self-declared physics
and mediums. Summit Entertainment and Hunger Games
director Gary Ross are working on an adaptation of the biography The Secret Life of Houdini, The Making of America’s
First Superhero, which posited that beyond his public face
as an incredible showman, the heralded Houdini was also
a secret agent. It’s fitting then that Chuck co-creator Chris
Fedak has been tapped to pen an adventure movie about
a fictional descendant of Handcuff Harry.
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The Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.)
awarded illusionist David Copperfield their
highest honor, “Magician of the Century”, and
named him the ‘King of Magic,’ an award which
has never before been given by the association. S.A.M., the oldest and most prestigious
magic organization in the world founded
in 1902 and lea