Too bad he didn't look much like Adrien Brody. All told I think he's done pretty well, but he gets a bad rap so often that it's hard not to believe it. Lotta turmoil trying to decide just what that dude's career is. Man, do we (read: I) have a lot of conflicted opinions about Adrien Brody. Is Adrien Brody bigger than Kevin Costner? I think not. Sure, most of them are doing HBO or FX or whatever, but Sigourney Weaver did USA for god's sake. I mean plenty of big-name actors are doing TV these days. So maybe this is a good thing for Adrien Brody. They've had grand success recently, what with The Bible and Hatfields & McCoys. is that a coup for History, or a step down for Brody? Or both? I guess it could be both. The channel called History, formerly known as The History Channel, is developing a miniseries about Harry Houdini that will star Oscar-winner Adrien Brody as the famous magician. Today in show business news: History is doing a miniseries about Houdini with TV actor Adrien Brody, Julie Taymor gets her Spider-Man money, and fans of Zack Morris can rejoice. Houdini is written by Academy Award-nominated Nicholas Meyer and directed by Uli Edel, and produced by Lionsgate Television and A&E Television Networks.This article is from the archive of our partner. We believe that Channel 4 is the perfect home for this television event, and we expect it to resonate with audiences in the UK." Guy Avshalom, COO of Lionsgate UK, and Peter Iacono, Managing Director of International TV, said: " Houdini is the kind of premium programming that epitomises the Lionsgate TV slate. Evan Jones ( A Million Ways to Die in the West) also stars as Jim Collins, Houdini's assistant and confidant. The series will see Houdini engage in espionage, battle against spiritualists and encounter names such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Rasputin.Īdrien Brody of The Pianist fame stars as Houdini, while Kristen Connolly ( House of Cards) will appear as Bess, Houdini's wife and right-hand woman. Houdini follows the life of Eastern European immigrant Ehrich Weiss as he progresses from performing at circus sideshows to packing out concert halls as the daring Harry Houdini, eventually finding worldwide fame as an illusionist.
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