The series will not only focus on Houdini's incredible act, but also deal with growing up as a poor Hungarian immigrant. The latest project from History Channel will feature some of Houdini's most shocking and iconic illusions.Ĭhinese water torture chamber? Of course, the straight jacket escape will make it into an episode. Meyer – a Manhattan psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who also happened to be Nicholas Meyer's father.History Channel Greenlights 'Houdini' Miniseries with Adrien Brody and 'House of Cards' Star / Filming Starts Later This YearĪcademy Award winner Adrien Brody will play magician mastermind Harry Houdini in the upcoming TV mini-series on History Channel. Meyer's script is adapted from the 1976 book, "Houdini: A Mind in Chains: A Psychoanalytic Portrait," written by the late Bernard C. "You keep digging." Another gem: When an associate says, "The writing's on the wall, Harry," Houdini replies, "No! I write the damn writing!" Who wrote this writing? Nicholas Meyer, whose past work –- including "The Seven Per Cent Solution" and the two best "Star Trek" movies, "The Wrath of Khan" and "The Voyage Home" – was reason to hope for better. "What do you do when you hit rock bottom?" Brody mutters in one of the endless examples. But instead of bringing us closer to what it felt like to be the great Harry Houdini, we instead hear Brody adopt a tough-guy tone as he rattles off clichés that sound like anachronistic film noir parodies. Whether or not you enjoy "Houdini" - the four-hour, two-night miniseries starring Oscar-winner Adrien Brody as the legendary escape artist - may depend on your tolerance for a voiceover narrative clogged with lines like, "The only thing more devastating than a punch to the gut is an arrow through the heart." The History channel two-parter seems intended to tell the true-life story of the world-famous illusionist as a sort of psychodrama.
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