Weinstein Co. inks 'Death Defying' deal

November 08, 2006 In a flurry of last-minute deals at the American Film Market, the Weinstein Co. has acquired all U.S. distribution rights and multiple territories to Gillian Armstrong's fictionalized Harry Houdini biopic "Death Defying Acts," starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Guy Pearce. Whether the Weinstein Co. will release the film itself or through MGM has not yet been determined and could depend on how many other films the Weinstein Co. sends through its MGM output deal, according to one of the film's producers. "Death Defying" chronicles the tumultuous love affair between the famed magician (Pearce) and a psychic (Zeta-Jones) who tries to con him by holding a seance to contact his dead mother.

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