McDougall would make his feature directorial debut with Wonderstone, though his list of television credits is pretty impressive, with episodes of Big Love, The Good Wife, Parks and Recreation, Wonderland, and Sex and the City.  The director also won an Emmy for his work on the pilot episode of Desperate Housewives.  He's not the first director to tackle Burt Wonderstone; Jake Kasdan, who directed the upcoming Bad Teacher, was briefly on board before Carell signed on to the project. 

The original script was written by Chad Kultgen, the novelist responsible for the very funny novel The Average American Male, and subsequent rewrites have been executed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley.  Actor and screenwriter Daley starred as Sam Weir on the short-lived but much-loved series Freaks and Geeks, and he has a regular role on Bones.  He and Goldstein's first screenwriting collaboration, Horrible Bosses, stars Jason Bateman, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Jamie Foxx, and Kevin Spacey.  You'll be able to peep that this July.

In Burt Wonderstone, Carell will play an old fashioned magician who must re-evaluate his relationship to the art of illusion when his professional life is put in jeopardy by a younger, hipper, sexier magician.  New Line is hoping to start shooting this fall.

Do you think Steve Carell will continue to succeed in films without the televised anchor of The Office?

Source: THR