Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow to Direct Benedict Cumberbatch in War Magician Jurassic World: Dominion director Colin Trevorrow and Deadline reports that the pair will collaborate on War Magician, a new film based on a book by David Fisher that tells the true story of British illusionist Jasper Maskelyne who was reported to have used his training and an assembled “magic gang” to use illusions to trick the Nazis. E. Nicholas Mariani will pen the script, a version of which has been in development for many years including one with Tom Cruise way back in 2003. Fisher's book told the larger tale of Maskelyne and his "Magic Gang" using slight of hand and other tricks to reportedly trick the Nazis including reportedly "hiding" Alexandria Harbor in the Mediterranean by constructing a decoy that to enemy planes in the air looked like the real thing. This all came after months of seemingly being relegated to performing tricks to entertain the troops, which is when his "Magic Gang" was assembled to reportedly do more. According to a write-up on