Weinstein Co. Take On 'Death Defying Acts'
[Wednesday, November 8th, 2006]The Weinstein Co. have bought the US domestic rights to Gillian Armstrong's fictionalized Harry Houdini biopic Death Defying Acts, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The feature, which stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Guy Pearce, is described as a lavish period film which follows Houdini during the height of his career in 1926, when he toured the world, amassing large crowds with his elaborate and daring escape performances.
Pearce will play the famed magician, while Zeta-Jones plays an exotic psychic with whom Houdini embarks on a passionate affair.
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