Max Landis Set To Rewrite Sony’s ‘Houdini’

January 14th, 2014

Kendra Beltran

Sony’s had this Houdini movie in the waiting room for years, but it looks like its time has come. Max Landis, the young writer behind 2012’s Chronicle, has been pegged to revamp this long-awaited script.

TheWrap’s Jeff Sneider tweeted about Landis and Houdini today, confirming the news. The 28-year-old actor/writer/director would’ve done it himself but he’s a pretty busy guy. He’s directing Me Him Her, working on a screenplay for Fox’s Frankenstein and also spent some time trying to pen a sequel to his big hit Chronicle.

Now Sony’s Houdini may actually see the light of day with Landis on board. It’s been in the works for a long time. How long – since the late ’90s, basically when Landis was in elementary school. Last time anyone heard about the project Francis Lawrence’s name was mentioned, but a deal was obviously never made. Now that there’s an official screenwriter, all they need is a director, actors, a crew…Maybe we’ll see this movie in a few years.