From Variety:
Steve Carell's looking to make magic and is in negotiations with New Line to topline comedy "Burt Wonderstone."
Project's been in development at New Line since 2006 when it bought Chad Kultgen's spec, then titled "Burt Dickenson: The Most Powerful Magician on Planet Earth."
"Burt" is set in the world of rival Las Vegas magicians in which one member of a highly successful two-man team dies in a risky stunt. The surviving team member must then find a way to rediscover his love for magic.
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