"The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini has signed a three-year producing deal with HBO for his company, Attaboy Films.

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Gandolfini is setting up the company with his producing partner, Alex Ryan, a former Paramount executive, to develop and produce original TV shows for the premium cable TV network, TVweek.com reported Monday.

"'The Sopranos' is a landmark in TV, and the gifted James Gandolfini is one of the reasons for the show's remarkable success," HBO chief Chris Albrecht said in statement released Monday. "I'm delighted that he will continue to work with the network after the end of the series."

Gandolfini and Ryan have have spent the past year developing the biographical film "Hemingway," with Gandolfini in the title role.