The co-creator of “Only Murders in the Building” is collaborating with Apple TV+ to develop a series about the famous show magicians Siegfried & Roy. The limited series is based on the original podcast “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy” from Apple. Is the series about the German American entertainer duo worth seeing?

The two German American magicians and animal trainers Siegfried and Roy became world famous especially for their performances with lions and white tigers. Their show “Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage” is still one of the most visited shows in the gambling metropole of Las Vegas. The duo has performed at the Mirage Hotel for more than 5700 times and has thus enthused more than 10.5 million spectators. John Hoffman, the co-creator of “Only Murders in the Building” plans to collaborate with Apple TV and create a series about the successful story of the two entertainers, who meanwhile have both passed away.

MGM Mirage Hotel made more than 1.5 billion USD from the show “Siegfried & Roy”

For several years Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn have enthused millions of spectators in the entertainment metropole Las Vegas. The MGM Mirage Hotel made more than 1.5 billion US-Dollar from the duo’s 5750 performances. The two Germans became popularly mostly through their spectacular performances with white tigers and lions. In June 2021 we had reported about Las Vegas going back to normal after the Corona crisis.

Roy Horn suffered a stroke during a performance on his 59th.birthday. Consequently, his white tiger Mantacore seized him by the neck and dragged him offstage. Horn was thus severely injured and partly crippled. The duo ended their career on the stage after the accident in 2012. Roy Horn died in Las Vegas on the 8.th May 2020. His partner Siegfried Fischbacher died less than a year later on the 13th. January 2021.

The magic word of Siegfried & Roy was “SARMOTI”. In the recent past ZDF had released a 45-minute documentary about the duo in its series ZDF-History - it was called “Siegfried and Roy - two German legends”.

“Siegfried & Roy” series planned on Apple TV

As it was announced nearly two weeks ago, Apple TV+ plans to release a series about the success story of the two magicians and animal trainers. James Seidman, Brian Grazer, Tony Hernandez, Kristen Zolner, Lilly Burns and Ron Howard seem to all be involved in the production. It is still not clear when the series will be available.

Apple TV+ is a so-called Video-on-Demand service like Amazon Prime and Netflix. The US-producer Apple provides mainly self-produced series and films. In the first year after its release Apple is said to have invested more than 2 billion US-Dollar in own content.

Conclusion

Meanwhile both members of the duo, Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, are dead. However, the Video-on-Demand service Apple TV+ is planning an exciting series about the magician duo Siegfried & Roy. We still must wait and see when the series will be released.

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