The life story of magicians and entertainers Siegfried and Roy is coming to the big screen. German multihyphenate Michael Bully Herbig, one of Germany’s biggest stars and most successful directors,…
, who met on a cruise ship in 1960 and, driven by their common passion for the art of magic and illusion, went on to developed their famous act. They achieved their international breakthrough in 1966 with at a benefit show in Monte Carlo.
UFA CEO Nico Hofmann secured rights to Siegfried and Roy’s life story in 2016. Philipp Stölzl was originally set to direct the project for television from a screenplay by Jan Berger, with whom Stölzl also partnered on 2013’s “The Physician” and the upcoming romantic comedy “Ich war noch niemals in New York” . The plans for a TV production fell through earlier this year when pubcaster WDR pulled out of the project. The film will be based on Berger’s script.
“Both stories literally scream for being produced for the big screen,” said Herbig. “I’m really looking forward to making these extraordinary productions, which will surely occupy me for quite some time. But I will enjoy every second of it.”
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