Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster have replaced Steve Carell and Jay Roach as the lead and director in the 2008 Black List favorite, Kyle Killen’s “The Beaver.”
The film follows the story of a depressed man who finds solace in wearing a beaver hand-puppet, played by Gibson with Foster to direct and also play Gibson’s wife.
We gotta say this sounds like a far better proposition and the premise barely reads like a comedy without Carrell attached. Presumably that version would have been PG-13. With these two in the principal slots, we assume we’ll get something dark and twisted. Or at least, let’s hope for something a little bit different. Carrell and Roach just feels far too predictable. [Variety]
