People generally expect Steve Carell to be funny. Even if he gets a tad serious, they still expect to be able to have a smile on their face. He seems to be taking that seriously, as he’s just signed up for Conviction, which started out as action drama, but Deadline reports wi.ll now become an action comedy to better fit Carell.
Jonathan Herman wrote the original screenplay, which was a heist drama about a bank robber serving five years in prison, who is forced to give up his protege to the feds. That draft, which was compared to Heat, is being scrapped. Warner Bros. is seeking a new writer to turn it into an action comedy, although quite how it’s going to be funny and still be about giving up your protege to the government is anyone’s guess. The new take is said to be more like 48 Hours and Ocean’s Eleven.
It’s often difficult to understand why someone would board a project when they basically want to change everything about it, but it happens a lot in Hollywood. Hopefully though it’ll all work out here.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
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