Gandolfini to return to HBO in 'Taxi 22'? (DH, VAR)
By Nancy Tartaglione
James Gandolfini may be making a return to HBO. The "Sopranos" star is among the executive producers behind an adaptation of the French Canadian series "Taxi 22" which is being developed as a potential starring vehicle for Gandolfini.
The half-hour revolves around a politically incorrect cab driver in New York City.
Dave Flebotte is writing the HBO version and executive producing, along with Gandolfini, Nancy Sanders, Mark Armstrong, Dennis Erdman, Clark Peterson and creators of the original series Patrick Huard and Francois Flamand.
Gandolfini's Attaboy Films would produce with HBO.
The actor has been under a deal at HBO since 2006 and has flirted with a number of series projects, including one that would have had him portray a Roger Ailes-type character at a cable news channel, Deadline notes.
Another potential candidate is a show set in the Arctic while Attaboy has been developing a feature with HBO about the tempestuous romance between Ernest Hemingway and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn with Gandolfini to play Papa.
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