“He had the most relentless personality and he overcame tremendous failure as well and hardship,” the 41-year-old actor said from Los Angeles.īorn Ehrich Weiss in 1874, he took the name Harry Houdini as a tribute to the French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. Man who sued Gwyneth Paltrow over ski crash regrets ever filing lawsuit.Randy Bachman offers look at more than 80 of his guitars in Studio Bell exhibit.Hugh Jackman reveals new cancer scare, urges people to stop tanning.‘American Idol’ contestant quits show weeks after Katy Perry ‘mom-shaming’ comment.Hobbs are executives in charge of production for History. Academy-nominated writer Nicholas Meyer ( The Seven-Per-Cent Solution) is attached, with Uli Edel ( The Baader Meinhof Complex) directing. Abrams and Andras Hamori will executive produce the project. We’re excited to build on that tremendous momentum with Houdini,” said Dirk Hoogstra, executive VP and general manager, History (pictured).

“It’s not magic that History has established a strong track record with its high-quality historical dramas from quality auspices. History’s first scripted series, The Bible and Vikings, were among the biggest ratings successes of recent years. Mad Men studio Lionsgate is attached to coproduce along with A+E’s production arm, A+E Studios. The mini, which will trace the master magician’s roots in desperate poverty through to his worldwide fame in later life. Production on the four-hour Houdini begins this fall, and will also star Kristen Connolly ( House of Cards) as Houdini’s wife. A+E Networks-owned History has greenlit another scripted period miniseries, this time calling on Oscar-winner Adrien Brody to play famous escapologist Harry Houdini.

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