Johnny Depp in Negotiations to Star as Houdini in Lionsgate Film (Exclusive)
Is Johnny Depp looking to pull a vanishing act?
The actor is in negotiations to star as famed magician Harry Houdini in The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero for Lionsgate’s Summit label. Dean Parisot (Red 2) is directing.
The story, which is said to be in the vein of Indiana Jones, recasts Houdini as not just a master escape artist but an investigator of the world of the occult. Noah Oppenheim wrote the screenplay, which is based on William Kalush and LarrySloman’s book of the same name…