Walt Disney Studios is making a movie centered on the world’s most famous escape artist. The film is titled Becoming Houdini, which Deadline describes as “a spy thriller movie based on the life of the legend himself ” that will focus on a young Erik Weisz, presumably chronicling his journey into magic (and perhaps, in this whimsical tale, into espionage as well).
The project has some big names behind it—John Wick 4 and The Three Musketeers writers Michael Finch and Alex Litvak are penning the script—and Deadline reports that the plot will center around “rumors of Houdini’s undercover work for his adopted homes of Britain and America.”
Intriguing! One big mystery remains: Who will play the role of the young magician-turned-spy Erik Weisz in this film? No news on that front, sadly, as this column goes to print.
Dominic Patten