Meyer (book Houdini: A Mind in Chains: A Psychoanalytic Portrait)Ĭast: Adrien Brody (Harry Houdini), Kristen Connolly (Bess Houdini), Evan Jones (Jim Collins), Tim Pigott-Smith (William Melville), Tom Benedict-Knight (Dash Houdini), Shaun Williamson (Riley), Megan Dodds (Margery Crandon), David Calder (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), Linda Marlowe (Lady Doyle), Madeleine Potter (Houdini's Mistress), Michael Terry (Sol), Stevan Rimkus (Maxwell), Anthony Cozens (Chauncey Kidd), Chrissie Cotterill, Eszter Ónodi (Cecilia Weiss), Louis Mertens (Erich Weiss), Connor Kelly (Young Dash Weiss), Jeremy Wheeler (Rabbi Weiss) Houdini is written by Academy Award-nominated Nicholas Meyer and directed by Uli Edel, and produced by Lionsgate Television and A&E Television Networks.Director: Uli Edel / Writers: Nicholas Meyer (teleplay) Bernard C. 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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