Just when he thought he was out, they pull him back in: HBO said on Wednesday that it had ordered the pilot episode of a new series that would star James Gandolfini in his first continuing role at that network (or anywhere else) since his heralded run on “The Sopranos,†confirming a report that appeared on Deadline.com. The new series, called “Criminal Justice,†is adapted from a BBC drama of the same title which, in two five-episode seasons, chronicled the lives of two different characters charged with murder; the HBO version will be written by Steven Zaillian (“Moneyball,†“Schindler's Listâ€) and Richard Price (“The Wire,†“Clockersâ€) and directed by Mr. Zaillian.
Mr. Gandolfini , who won three Emmy Awards for his performance as the emotionally conflicted mobster Tony Soprano on “The Sopranos,†and has since produced HBO projects like “Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq†and appeared in the network's original movie “Cinema Verite,†would play “a disheveled jailhouse lawyer,†Deadline.com said. HBO's “Criminal Justice†has not officially been ordered as a series, but if it is, we have some casting suggestions for Mr. Gandolfini's wife, children, therapist and coterie of professional cronies.
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