Emily Blunt ("The Devil Wears Prada") is in negotiations to play the female lead in Bristol Bay Productions "The Great Buck Howard" reports Reuters.
Written and directed by Sean McGinly, the story revolves around a luckless magician and his assistant who struggle to reinvigorate his career.
Blunt will play a self-assured publicist hired by Buck Howard (John Malkovich) to publicize an event that will put him back on the map.
Tom Hanks and Colin Hanks also star. The film began shooting Monday in Los Angeles.
