CARELL EYEING MOVIE MAGIC IN SIEGFRIED & ROY SPOOF
Funnyman STEVE CARELL is in talks to make movie magic in a new comedy loo sely based on famed Las Vegas illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy.
The comedian, who will wrap his final season on hit U.S. TV series The Office next March (11), is negotiating a deal with bosses at New Line Cin ema to star in new movie Burt Wonderstone.
Carell would play the title character, a Vegas magician who is one-half of a sensational two-man team, similar to Siegfried & Roy.
According to TheWrap.com, the film will chronicle Carell’s character as he rediscovers his love for magic after his partner dies in a risky stun t.
Real-life illusionists Roy Horn and Siegfried Fischbacher announced the ir retirement in April (10) - over six years after Horn was savaged on st age by his pet white tiger during a show. The incident left him partially paralysed.
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