Not so long ago, he played a magician's helper in "The Prestige," so why not take a turn as a magic man himself? That's just what Michael Caine is going to do in his next film, the previously unannounced "Is There Anybody There?"
Directed by acclaimed Irish director John Crowley ("Intermission"), the film is, in the words of Caine, "about a little boy of ten who lives in an old people’s home owned by his mother and father. And he keeps making friends and of course every time he makes a friend, the people die. So he gets a camera and a tape recorder looking for their ghosts."
Hmm, so it's a little "Ghostbusters" and a little, um..."The Sixth Sense"? "Batteries Not Included"? I don't know. Caine says he plays an old magician who comes to the home to die "and he helps [the boy] find these ghosts. It’s very funny. Very touching."
Who am I to quibble with Michael Caine? What do you think? Does "Is There Anybody There?" sound like a ghost of a good time?
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