Jim Carrey And Jason Reitman Join Forces For Pierre Pierre
Posted by Rodneyon 06. 03. 2008in News Chat
It looks like Jason Reitman will be teaming up with Jim Carrey for a comedy entitled Pierre Pierre. We get the scoop this morning from the mysterious caves of yahoo:
Jim Carrey is teaming with “Juno” director Jason Reitman on a comedy titled “Pierre Pierre.” The story centers on a self-indulgent French nihilist (Carrey) who is entrusted to transport a stolen Mona Lisa and in the process falls back in love with his homeland.
“Pierre Pierre” will not be the Oscar-nominated Reitman’s next project, but it is being eyed as a potential vehicle after the possible actors strike in the summer. Reitman is currently producing “Jennifer’s Body,” a dark comedy-horror written by “Juno” scribe Diablo Cody.
I have great interest in seeing Jim Carrey play a French Nihilist. For the little I know about this character, I already love him and look forward to seeing if Carrey’s interpretation matches what I am currently picturing in my minds eye. If he wears a beret and/or a turtleneck I will laugh my ass off.
It has been a while since Carrey came out with a quality comedy so he is certainly due. Carey has 3 projects lined up in 2009 so I would hazard a guess that we will see this film come to fruition in 2010; it will be here soon enough. The Big Lebowski has taught us many things, and one truth is that nihilists are comedy gold.
This post was written by :
Rodney who has written 8899 posts on The Movie Blog
visit author's website | Contact the Author
I wonder if it will be nominated for a Genie?
As the Rose City’s most prominent nihilist, I trust your judgement on this film, Nagy.
I’m not looking forward to this. Jim Carrey in a comedy role just do it for me anyway. He seems to play the exact same role in every comedy film and after the 18th time it starts to get a little tiring.
Anyone wanting to read the screenplay, let me know.
You want a “quality comedy” from Carrey and then hope for him to embrace the most obvious and trite stereotype possible: wearing a beret and turtleneck… yikes. Also not likely from Reitman who has demonstrated in his two films an avoidance of obvious clap-trap.
Isn’t Carrey’s career kind of yesterday’s news? I suppose Reitman is a daring, left of center and perhaps brillaint choice for career revival.
Gawd, I hate actors doing fake French accents. Ugh.