Jake Kasdan to Make Magic with ‘Bruce Dickenson’

Jake Kasdan (Walk Hard), son of Lawrence Kasdan, has signed on to make ‘Burt Dickenson: The Most Powerful Magician on Planet Earth’ his next project. Chris Bender and J.C. Spink are producing the film for New Line. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein wrote the script.

The story centers on a Burt Dickenson, one half of successful two-man team who accidentally kills is partner and loses his inner magic. He has to find a way to rekindle it to fight his rival, a magician named Xander Storm. — HR

The movie sounds like it could be a lot of fun. The premise appears to one that takes the old school of magic and pits it in a rivalry against the new school of mentalism and illusions. In other words, expect a hilarious ‘Zoolander’ style approach to the likes of David Copperfield meets David Blaine/Criss Angel, with the humor of ‘Walk Hard’.

[source: Hollywood Reporter]