Mandrake the Magician gets his own Movie!!

If you are not into magic, you probably have not heard of Criss Angel. Well neither would I have if not for the numerous commercials on teevee for his series Mindfreak on A&E. He's a star ,real-life magician who is all set to play the role of Mandrake the Magician in the movie based on the character created by Lee Falk.

Mandrake the Magician was never my favorite character, but he's rumored to be the first superhero ever!! His comics did have some interesting stuff though and I think a movie based on the comic book, could be really interesting. For those who don't know, Mandrake was an illusionist who had a crazy fast hypnotic technique and would always be pitted against mad scientists, aliens and other bad guys. I am not sure how great of an actor Criss Angel is but he could certainly bring in a lot of real-life experience.

According to Cinematical, the website:

"He's planning on a hands-on approach to the role though, saying, "Being involved from the beginning in the creation of the script, and of the characters and effects, really gives me an opportunity to work with the director to make sure that it really seamless with how they coexist and work hand in hand, and how one supports the other and it's not contrived and it's not cheesy." That's hard to do when your protagonist has a pencil mustache and a top-hat. Some of Angel's changes include a limited use of CGI and a re-working of the story into, "a kind of cool realm of The Crow," which won't be much of stretch for him since he seems to have a thing for leather pants and Christ-poses anyway."

The shooting on the film starts later this year and we'll keep you posted on the developments. I hope this movie is good, wonder who would they cast in the role of Lothar? Maybe Shaq!!