When you hear the name Houdini , you believably get a very specific image in your head . That of a serviceman in a straight crown head for the hills something . But a new movie will search a side of the legend many people do n’t bonk existed : The doubter .
STX Entertainmentjust corrupt the rightsto make a motion picture ground on the book of account The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher . Mama director Andres Muschietti is attached , with Jaher himself adapt the screenplay .
The Witch of Lime Street tells the truthful fib of Harry Houdini ’s rivalry with Margery Crandon , a spirit sensitive , who Houdini think to be a faker . In the 1920s , the famous escape valve artist form a council to prove just that and made it a personal destination to debunk the world of religious mysticism and spiritualists as faux .
consider there are still very notable mediums in the world , the tale feels pretty timely , in addition to the nice historical hooking of Houdini . In a statement from STX , president Oren Aviv says many studio were act on right to this book :
“ This is a spellbinding and exciting straight story that weaves a fantastic mystery and lots of machination with history involving some of the most renowned and iconic figure of the era . The timeless question ‘ is there life after decease ? ’ is explored through a scientific quest to look into and validate supernatural phenomenon . at long last , the film leads to an larger-than-life face-off and otherworldly confrontation as the world - renowned occult master Harry Houdini takes on the man ’s great psychic , Margery Crandon . ”
Muschietti has a bunch of potential projects on his scale but I would hope this one happens sooner rather than later .
And on a semi - related to short letter , if this topic matter to you , there ’s a similar movie out there , minus Houdini , that you may have not seen . It ’s called Red Lights and it stars Robert De Niro , Cillian Murphy , Sigourney Weaver , and Elizabeth Olsen . The film follows a chemical group of spiritual debunkers and it ’s bugger off some huge flaws , but it ’s pretty underrated .
[ The Hollywood newsman ]
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