Director Christopher Nolan (BATMAN BEGINS) is well into development on his next project, a supernatural period film called THE PRESTIGE, reports SCI FI WIRE.
"It's a film about two magicians in turn-of-the-century London," Nolan said. "And they enter into a deadly rivalry. And it's the story of how the two of them essentially try and sabotage each other's careers over the years."
The film is based on the book by the same name by Christopher Priest. Nolan's BATMAN star Christian Bale and X-MEN's Hugh Jackman play the competing magicians, whose escalating conflict eventually leads to murder. BATMAN co-star Michael Caine also stars, as well as Andy Serkis (KING KONG) and Scarlett Johansson (THE ISLAND).
Nolan added, "I am a fan of magic, and I felt that I hadn't ever really seen a film address magic and what it takes to make magic and what it represents. And that's what the film tries to do. Really, there's magicians from the day in which, pre-television, pre-radio, a magician was a very large figure of that time. It's an interesting film with a lot going on."
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