The Secret Life of Houdini movie production status is currently Development
January 8, 2017 • Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight' 10 Cloverfield Lane director Daniel Trachtenberg will direct the movie, based on the biography “The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero.”
Plot: What's the story about?
Harry Houdini acts as a spy for Britain and is asked to be an adviser to Czar Nicholas II's court in pre-revolutionary Russia. The master escape artist & magician also serves as a debunker of con artists who pretend to be spiritualists which leads to the controversial theory that his death is caused by the spiritual movement as payback.
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A look at the The Secret Life of Houdini behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Dan Trachtenberg last directed Prey and 10 Cloverfield Lane. The film's writer Noah Oppenheim last wrote Jackie and The Divergent Series: Allegiant.
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Production Company
Summit Entertainment United States
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Production: What we know about The Secret Life of Houdini?
Key Facts
- Adapted from William Kalush and Larry Sloman's biography titled The Secret Life of Houdini, The Making of America's First Superhero.
Filming Timeline
- 2017 - January: The film was set to Development status.
10 Cloverfield Lane director Daniel Trachtenberg will direct the movie, based on the biography “The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero.”
- 2009 - June: The film was set to Development status.
The Secret Life of Houdini Release Date: When is the film coming out?
The Secret Life of Houdini is coming out as a release To Be Announced (TBA). There are 9,435 other movies coming out on the same date, including The Rosie Project, Shrek 5 and Sesame Street.