After the less-than-stellar performance of his last film, creepy thriller The Number 23, Jim Carrey is returning to the safety of a genre he knows inside out for his nexy project, with the news that he is in talks to star in comedy Me Time.
The story casts Carrey as a writer, researching his great-great-grandmother's life as a frontier woman. But when his pregnant wife is ordered to have total bedrest, Carrey's character has to take over the running of the house, and finds himself intimidated by his ancestor's diary, in which she describes the challenges of raising a family, ploughing fields and taming the wilderness.
It sounds to us like someone is going to learn some valuable lessons about the true nature of "women's work", and possibly gain a whole new level of understanding for the trials of the housewife. On the other hand, don't be amazed if Carrey at some point dons a bonnet and an apron and wields a shotgun in an attempt to get in touch with his Old West ancestor.
The news follows the shelving of three Carrey projects last year, as both Used Guys and Ripley's Believe It Or Not! were abandoned after budget concerns, while Carrey and co-star Cameron Diaz both pulled out of A Little Game, citing script concerns. However, Ripley's is apparently back on track, with Tim Burton set to direct once he's finished work on **Sweeney Todd **and Steve Oederkerk rewriting the script.
So let's keep our fingers crossed that the erstwhile Ace Ventura can ace the box office once again, whichever of these projects finally makes it to the screen.