Larry Charles ( Borat ) is set to join Jim Carrey for the politically incorrect comedy Pierre Pierre .
The movie focuses on a French nihilist, who steals a painting and subsequently flees from Paris to London. After a series of misadventures, he soon starts to fall back in love with his native country.
The script, sold for $1 million in 2008, has been languishing on the shelf pretty much since.
First choice director Jason ‘ Juno ’ Reitman soon pulled out and the film suffered a series of further serious setbacks, including the folding of its original production company Fox Atomic.
By Edwin Cannistraci and Frederick Seton, the script was also ranked the eleventh ‘hottest’ screenplay in Hollywood in the 2008 Black List – a yearly poll voted for by a team of 150 high-level assistants and development executives.
Carrey will no doubt be taking a pay cut, as producers are now hoping to make the movie for a little over $20 million.
Do you think Larry Charles and Jim Carrey will make a good creative, comic fit? Let us know!
The Total Film team are made up of the finest minds in all of film journalism. They are: Editor Jane Crowther, Deputy Editor Matt Maytum, Reviews Ed Matthew Leyland, News Editor Jordan Farley, and Online Editor Emily Murray. Expect exclusive news, reviews, features, and more from the team behind the smarter movie magazine.
