The actor who rose to fame playing Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars saga, seems to have landed the role of the popular magician Mandrake, in which it will be the adaptation to the cinema.
After passing through Star Wars, Hayden Christensen failed to fully position himself in the Hollywood film industry. But now, many are those who assure that with the version for the big screen of Mandrake, his career could be definitely consolidated in the United States.
The site ComingSoon.net already assumes Christensen landed the lead For the movie. And after the rumor that linked Chuck Russell as a possible director, finally it will be Mimi Leder who will command the project. Along with Hayden Christensen will be the actor Djimon Hounsou.
Mandrake was a classic comic strip, created in 1934 by Lee Falk (the same from The Phantom) and illustrated by Phil Davis. The character was an illusionist who used hypnosis to contact all kinds of creatures and beings, from gangsters to aliens.
Source: The Curia