Things have been slowly building on the Jim Carrey front lately. He recently signed on to star in the Larry Charles directed comedy “Pierre Pierre” as a foul-mouthed Frenchman and has been offered or attached to a handful of films including “Damn Yankees” (which seems stuck in development hell), “Burt Wonderstone” and “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” (which originally had Ben Stiller in the lead). Now another project has come his way.
Pajiba reports that Carrey is being sought to star in the comedy “Under Cover” for Summit. The story follows “a recently divorced father of two who joins a youthful cover band so he can earn enough money to win his custody battle against his ex-wife.” So like a cross between “School Of Rock” and “Mrs. Doubtfire”? Anyway, it definitely sounds like it has the family friendly, broad appeal of Carrey’s mainstream fare. The film has a script by Amy Talkington, who is currently writing remakes of “Valley Girl” and “Private Benjamin.”
No director is attached yet and it remains to be seen if Carrey will bite, but it certainly sounds right in his wheelhouse. While “Pierre Pierre” is presumably his next project, last we heard it still needs to find financing and given that it’s a high concept, hard-R script, cash might be hard to come by.
