The Secret Life of Houdini Movie Updates
Total Updates: 18
- changed the production status to Development
- changed the status of Summit Entertainment to Current
- added Lionsgate as a distributor
- changed the status of Johnny Depp as Harry Houdini to Formerly In Talks
- changed the status of Gary Ross to Formerly In Talks
- added Dan Trachtenberg as director to credits
- changed the status of Johnny Depp to Rumored
- added Johnny Depp as actor (Rumored) to credits
- added adaptation as a genre
- added "Houdini" as an also known as title
- added Gary Ross (In Talks) to the credits
- changed the status of Jeff Nathanson to Former
- added Noah Oppenheim to the credits
- added Summit Entertainment as a distributor
- added Jeff Nathanson to the credits
- added a synopsis
- changed the production status to Development
- created the movie profile
Sun., Jan. 8, 2017
from Variety
‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ Director Daniel Trachtenberg Eyed for Houdini Movie
Lionsgate is eyeing 10 Cloverfield Lane director Daniel Trachtenberg for its Harry Houdini biopic, which had been in development for several years.
Tue., May. 27, 2014
from Deadline
Johnny Depp, Houdini Talks No Further Along When Deadline Wrote About It In January
Johnny Depp doing Harry Houdini in Lionsgate’s Summit biopic based on William Kalush and Larry Sloman’s book The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero?
Thu., May. 3, 2012
'Hunger Games'' Gary Ross in Talks to Direct Summit's 'Houdini'
Gary Ross, fresh off his wildly successful adaptation of The Hunger Games, is in negotiations to direct Houdini for Summit.
Fri., Feb. 18, 2011
'Secret Life of Houdini' Reappears With Scribe Noah Oppenheim
Summit has hired Noah Oppenheim to pen its take on the master magician in an adaptation of The Secret Life of Houdini, The Making of America's First Superhero. Summit picked up feature-film rights to the biography by William Kalush and Larry Sloman in March 2009.