Las Vegas Magic Show Duo ‘Siegfried and Roy’ to Get Biopic Treatment..

Las Vegas Magic Show Duo ‘Siegfried and Roy’ to Get Biopic Treatment..

ROME — The German-American duo known as Siegfried and Roy, whose magic show with its trademark white tigers was one of the oldest and most popular in Las Vegas for more than two decades, will be getting the biopic treatment.

UFA Group, which is FremantleMedia’s German production arm, has secured film rights for the biopic, to be directed by Philipp Stoelzl and scripted by Jan Berger, who both worked on UFA’s epic “The Physician.”

The rights deal was brokered by UFA producer and co-CEO Nico Hofmann. FremantleMedia International will handle international distribution.

The “Siegfried & Roy Show” was a major money-maker for MGM Mirage, the company that owns the Mirage Casino and Resort, where  it was based between 1990 and 2003. The show was shut down after a white Bengal tiger called Mantecore grabbed Roy Horn by the neck and dragged him offstage during a performance. Roy survived the attack but was partially paralyzed by it.Read more at:

http://variety.com/2016/film/global/las-vegas-magic-show-duo-sigfried-and-roy-to-get-biopic-treatment-1201804139/

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