Norton is 'The Illusionist'
Ed Norton ready for Millhauser adaptation.
Edward Norton, one of the better actors that isn't in nearly enough films, has signedon to star in Neil Burger's The Illusionist, a feature film adaptation of Steven Millhauser's short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist."
The film finds Norton playing a magician in turn-of-the-century Vienna who falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a prince, the magician uses his powers to win her back and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.
Production is currently scheduled for an April start in Prague.
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