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How Christopher Nolan reportedly got the film rights to 'The Prestige'
A film-history thread says Priest sold Nolan the rights after liking Following, while Sam Mendes was also interested.
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A film-history thread says Christopher Priest’s 1995 novel The Prestige, about rival magicians in Victorian-era London, drew filmmakers’ interest. It says Sam Mendes wanted to adapt it, but Priest liked Nolan’s Following and wanted to support an up-and-coming filmmaker, so he sold the rights to Nolan.
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