JAMES GANDOLFINI IN THE THICK OF IT

Sopranos star James Gandolfini is going to star in the big screen version of BBC sitcom The Thick Of It.The Hollywood actor, has signed on to play the leading role in the film, which has been renamed In The Loop.The satirical British TV show originally starred disgraced actor Chris Langham, who was jailed last year on child porn charges. In The Loop will focus on the inner workings of the U.S. and U.K. governments and will be filmed in both Britain and Washington, D.C.A BBC source tells British newspaper The Sun, "We can’t believe we’ve got James - it’s his first major role since The Sopranos. "But Chris Langham will not appear in the film, it would be too controversial."

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