White tigers, fake tans, and fabulous rhinestone-encrusted outfits are coming to Hollywood!
Iconic Las Vegas magicians Siegfried & Roy are set to be the focus of a new Apple+ series about the pair’s rollercoaster lives, and two A-listers have signed on to star.
Jude Law will star as Siegfried Fischbacher alongside Andrew Garfield, who will portray Roy Horn.
The limited series Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy is slated to run for eight episodes and will be based on a 2022 podcast of the same name. The biopic explores the pair’s rise to fame and will delve into the infamous incident when Horn was attacked by one of the magician’s 400-pound trained tigers during a live performance, almost killing him and effectively ending the duo’s careers, Entertainment Weekly reports.
It’s likely that the series will also dive into the rumors surrounding the men’s personal relationship, since the podcast it is based on tried to answer the question of whether or not they were lovers. While Siegfried and Roy never confirmed they were in a romantic relationship, after the tiger attack, MGM Mirage spokesperson Alan Feldman told PRIDE's sister publication The Advocate that "It's well-known that they were lovers at one time. I don't think anybody is hiding that." Roy struggled with health issues after the accident and died in 2020 at the age of 75 from complications of COVID-19. Fischbacher died of pancreatic cancer in 2021 at 81.
According to an official synopsis, the series will be about the “wild ride relationship tale of two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who, along with their white tigers, are tasked with turning Sin City into a family-friendly destination. The duo push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme, personally and professionally, until tragedy reframes and opens a mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.”
Only Murders in the Building director John Hoffman is set to helm the upcoming series as well as showrun and executive produce. Law and Garfield will also executive produce.
