Slight Of Hand

Jeff Nathanson will write and direct " The Secret Life Of Houdini" says The Hollywood Reporter.

Based on William Kalush and Larry Sloman's bio that suggests the famed magician was a spy for Britain and was asked to be an adviser to Czar Nicholas II's court in pre-revolutionary Russia.

The book also has the master escape artist and magician as debunking con artists who pretended to be spiritualists, leading to the theory that his death was caused by the spiritual movement as payback.

The film is expected to take on the tone of an action-adventure themed feature.

Since Nathanson helped Indy escape traps laid out in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Leo stay one step ahead of Tom in Catch Me If You Can I suppose this makes sense.