James Gandolfini may go to a 'Big Dead Place' for HBO
'Sopranos' star could produce and possibly star in Antarctica dramedy
James Gandolfini
Credit: AP
For the second year in a row, HBO has set up a property as a potential producing and starring vehicle for James Gandolfini.
According to Deadline.com, "Breaking Bad" writer-producer Peter Gould is developing Nicholas Johnson's darkly comedic memoir "Big Dead Place" for Gandolfini.
The book focuses on Johnson's time working for the U.S. Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station. [We'd recommend Werner Herzog's documentary "Encounters at the End of the World" for a sense of the world of McMurdo.]
It wasn't so long ago -- last May, in fact -- that HBO recruited a writer to develop the French-Canadian comedy "Taxi-22" as a possible producing-starring vehicle for Gandolfini, who won three Emmys as star of "The Sopranos." That project apparently didn't move forward.
Gandolfini's Attaboy Films production shingle has had a deal with HBO since 2006. The "In the Loop" and "Where The Wild Things Are" star is a producer on HBO's upcoming "Hemingway & Gellhorn," starring Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman.
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September 2, 2011 at 10:43PM EST Reply to CommentWow... HBO really likes recycling its talent. Of course Gandolfini is a fantastic actor and this could be great, but I just find it amusing how many HBO projects he's been involved in since The Sopranos. I wouldn't mind HBO bringing in some fresh talent like they did with Game of Thrones.
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September 4, 2011 at 12:45AM EST Reply to CommentThey like this