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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/

Siegfried helps Roy feed a cub as magicians emerge for rare appearance to support a good cause… 12 years after THAT tiger attack..

Siegfried helps Roy feed a cub as magicians emerge for rare appearance to support a good cause… 12 years after THAT tiger attack..

It’s 12 years since a tiger that Siegfried and Roy used in their Las Vegas magic show attacked Roy on stage, leaving him partially disabled.

But that has never deterred the magicians from their quest to help save rare big cats from extinction.

On Thursday, the couple helped make 12-year-old Emma Goldsberry’s wish come true when they introduced her to four tiger cubs at their SARMOTI Cubs Day at the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

They also made her their Child Ambassador Of Conservation in a private ceremony organised by the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Emma got to pet two rare white female cubs, Liberty and Maharani, who were born to mother Indira and father Svengali on August 5 as part of a litter that also included golden female Hirah and golden male Justice.

They are the newest additions to Siegfried and Roy’s Secret Garden at the casino. Read more and watch video at:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3287087/Siegfried-helps-Roy-feed-cub-magicians-emerge-rare-appearance-support-good-cause-12-years-tiger-attack.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490