What was rumored earlier in the week at the Toronto Film Festival has been confirmed, that The Weinstein Company has picked up Gillian Armstrong's long-in-deevelopment Houdini drama Death Defying Acts, starring Guy Pearce as the famed magician and escape artist. The film also stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and young Saoirse Ronan, who has made waves in Toronto with her performance in Joe Wright's Atonement.
Look for our review of Armstrong's film very soon.
