Warner Bros has optioned author Glen David Gold's 2001 historical novel "Carter beats The Devil", with Michael Gilio adapting a screenplay for producers Jon Shestack, Ginny Brewer and Jeremy Stein.
"Carter Beats The Devil" is a fictionalized biography of 'Charles Joseph Carter', from his first encounter with magic to his last performance.
Along the way he encounters historical figures including magicians 'Harry Houdini' and 'Howard Thurston', United States President 'Warren G. Harding', BMW founder 'Max Friz', the 'Marx Brothers', business magnate 'Francis Marion "Borax" Smith', the inventor of electronic television 'Philo Farnsworth' and San Franciscan madams 'Tessie Wall' and 'Jessie Hayman'.
"...The 1920s was a golden age for stage magic and 'Charles Carter' is an American stage magician at the height of his fame and powers. At the climax of his latest touring stage show, Carter invites United States President Warren G. Harding on to stage to take part in his act.
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"In front of an amazed audience, Carter proceeds to chop the president into pieces, cut off his head, and feed him to a lion, before restoring him to health. The show is a great success, but two hours later the president is dead, and Carter finds himself the centre of some very unwelcome attention indeed..."
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