A new limited series is in the works at Apple based on the lives of famed magicians Siegfried & Roy. Only Murders in the Building co-creator John Hoffman is writing and executive-producing the project, and the story is based on the Apple original podcast Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy.
The hourlong series will be told from various perspectives and tell the story of the pair who push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme — until tragedy reframes and opens up an entirely new mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.
Siegfried and Roy were a duo of German-American entertainers, best known for their appearances with white lions and tigers. Siegfried Fischbacher died in January, while Roy Horn, born Uwe Horn, died of Covid last year. Famously in 2003, a white tiger named Montecore attacked and badly injured Horn during their act at the Mirage in Las Vegas.
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, and Kristen Zolner will executive produce for Imagine Television, alongside James Seidman. Will Manati, executive producer of the podcast will also serve as executive producer of the series alongside Steven Leckart, the filmmaker behind the podcast.
This sounds like it will be an interesting series. Siegfried and Roy are household names, so it will be cool to see behind the curtain of their lives.
via: Deadline