Gandolfini in talks for 'Wonderstone'

Gandolfini"The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini goes from mob boss to magician's boss, as he's in discussions to participate Steve Carell and Jim Carrey inside the New Line comedy "Burt Wonderstone."Carell stars as half of the once-effective Las vegas miracle duo that needs to reunite to square off against a hot-shot street magician (Carrey) whose techniques are often dangerous.Gandolfini is at predicts play Doug Munny, a stylish billionaire who has the Aztec Casino, where the title character and also the partner perform their show.For that pic's female lead, New Line is focusing on just two stars, Olivia Wilde and Sarah Silverman.Don Scardino is pointing the laffer, which New Line began developing in 2006 if the bought Chad Kultgen's spec script. The "Horrible Bosses" team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein composed a rewrite and Oscar-nominated "Up upInch scribe Jason Reitman completed a polish.Carell is creating through his Slide slide carousel Prods. banner along with Vance Degeneres and Charlie Hartsock, additionally to Chris Bender. New Line professionals Dork Neustadter and Walter Hamada are controlling the job for that studio.Production is skedded to start within the month of the month of january.Gandolfini, which has several TV projects in development at Cinemax, last starred opposite Billy Burke in Mike Scott's indie drama "Thank you for going to the Rileys." Thesp does not have under four films being launched over the following 12 several days, including Stephen Daldry's "Very Noisy and very Close," Geoffrey Fletcher's "Crimson & Daisy," David Chase's "Twylight Zones" and Andrew Dominik's "Cogan's Trade," toplined by Gandolfini's "True Romance" co-star Kaira Pitt.Gandolfini is repped by CAA, Sanders Remedy Caserta Management and attorney David Weber. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com