The project would also have been the first feature for McDougall, who previously directed Carell on The Office, and also helmed episodes of Parks and Recreation and Desperate Housewives, among others.  Don't worry, though, because Scardino is no slouch.  He is responsible for directing a whopping 35 episodes of the consistently great 30 Rock, including classics like 'Jack-Tor', 'The Collection', and 'College'.

Scardino has also directed episodes of Law & Order, Big Lake, Sports Night, Rescue Me, and Royal Pains.

Production on Burt Wonderstone will begin in Los Angeles this October.  Carell plays an old school, longtime Vegas illusionist who is unexpectedly usurped by a young, sexy magician, leading Wonderstone to redefine his ideas about his calling and himself.  Don Scardino will direct from a screenplay credited to John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the duo who wrote this summer's Horrible Bosses.  They rewrote the first draft of Wonderstone, which was penned by Chad Kultgen, the author responsible for the very funny novel The Average American Male.