It turns out that Sci Fi Network's revamp of "The Phantom" isn't the only classic Lee Falk comic currently bouncing around a production workshop. Anakin Skywalker himself, Hayden Christensen, has now been announced as the lead in Mimi Leder's "Mandrake," based on Falk's slightly less famous strip "Mandrake the Magician."
[UPDATE: A representative of Christensen has told MTV News that the actor is not involved with the "Mandrake" movie.]
The movie, co-starring Djimon Hounsou, will follow Christensen's character, an "underground magician and escapologist" who is approached by the CIA to do some work after "a daring escape from an SUV that has been dropped out of an plane at the Burning Man Festival," according to SuperHeroHype.com. Hounsou will presumably be taking on the role of Mandrake's assistant, Lothar. Read More...
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