A new film about magic and magicians is currently being filmed and is on location in Las Vegas. Wonderstone, scheduled for release in 2013 stars Steve Carroll (from the US version of The Office) and Jim Carrey.
The plot seems to be a simple one. After the loss of his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, “hip” street magician appears on the scene.
Reports from the set comment on Steve Carrol’s, who plays Wonderstone, focus noting that he stays ‘in character’ whilst on the set… ‘he is arrogant and self-centred’ … I am assuming that’s Wonderstone and not Carroll.
The pictures of Carroll as Wonderstone show him as velvet-jacketed and 80′s mullet haired – very reminiscent of Siegfried and Roy whose style and flamboyance was their own.
Jim Carrey plays the new ‘hip’ magician in town. I can only assume that we’re going to be in for more of the comedians rubber-face antics.
I’m particularly looking forward to see Steve Buscemi who is playing a character called Anton Lovecraft.
Olivia Wilde plays the female lead, so one can imagine some kind of ‘love triangle’ featuring in the story.
I believe this is the first feature film for director, Don Scardino. He has worked on the TV series Law and Order, The West Wing, 30 Rock – to name a few.
The screenplay comes from John Francis Daley and Jonathan M Goldstein. whose credits include “Bones” and “My Dad Says” so a sharp, witty script seems to be on the cards.
Alan
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