Fresh off the lowest point of his career since his Rubberface days, Jim Carrey is poised for a massive late-career comedic breakthrough. He's back on board for the on-and-off Ripley's Believe it or Not, he's joining Steve Carell, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Isla Fisher, and Jonah Hill voicing Horton Hears a Who, and most exciting of all, he's now attached to star in a new script from Upright Citizen Ian Roberts and writing partner Jay Martel, and surprise, it sounds pretty effin' funny. Me Time would star Carrey as a writer working on a biography for his great-great-grandmother, whose tough-as-nails frontier lifestyle makes him take a hard look at his less-than-masculine lifestyle. The spec script has been picked up by Fox, which doesn't necessarily mean anything, but Carrey's involvement should be enough to propel it into it theaters.
Roberts and Martel have been keeping insanely busy, seemingly sending spec scripts to every studio in America, including Dad Can't Lose for Will Arnett, Worst Friends, and Air Guitar. So far, they've had lots of pick-ups, but there's been no solid production news.
Meanwhile, the second season of Upright Citizens Brigade is finally on its way to stores, and Roberts will join Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, and Matt Walsh at their LA theater this Saturday to record a live commentary for two of the episodes.
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(documentary featuring George Carlin, Bill Plympton, Hunter S. Thompson, Billy Connolly, Drew Carey, Bill Maher, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Murphy, Kevin Smith, and more)
