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James Gandolfini fires up HBO deal, new project in works

By April MacIntyre May 6, 2010, 4:41 GMT

04/26/2010 - James Gandolfini - "Fences" Broadway Show Opening Night - Arrivals - The Cort Theatre, 138 West 48th Street - New York City, NY, USA © Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

Tony Soprano is coming home to HBO.

Actor James Gandolfini and his Attaboy production company will develop a French language Canadian single-camera comedy series Taxi-22 with HBO, reports Variety.

The project will be scripted by Dave Flebotte.

The premise centers on a politically incorrect cab driver (Gandolfini) in New York City trying to keep his life together.  According to Variety, Gandolfini is executive producing with Flebotte, Gandolfini’s managers Nancy Sanders and Mark Armstrong, Dennis Erdman, Clark Peterson and the creators of the original series Patrick Huard and Francois Flamand.

Huard, a comedian, also stars on the Canadian series, now in its fourth season. Erdman and Peterson licensed the format rights from Huard and Flamand and brought the project to HBO and Gandolfini.

HBO and Gandolfini established their deal back in 2006, and he has come close to a few projects at the premium cabler, including a Hemingway feature that centers on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn.

Previously Gandolfini executive produced the HBO documentary "Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq.

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