Universal Pictures Acquires Novel Lunatics As Star Vehicle For Steve Carell

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has acquired the Dork Craig and Alan Zweibel novel Lunatics, with Steve Carell installed on star. The film will probably be produced by Scott Stuber and Pam Abdy of Stuber Pictures and Carell and also the Slide slide carousel partners Vance DeGeneres and Charlie Hartsock. The Craig-Zweibel collaboration is 2 Nj soccer fathers whose minor feud will get worse to create worldwide effects, by leaving them running for lives. Craig and Zweibel will adapt their novel, that is launched by Putnam within the month of the month of january. Carell may have Philip Horkman, who is the owner of your dog store who refs kids soccer games weekly, there he meets an irate soccer father who triggers the misadventures. Carell, who’s repped by WME and Media Four, will start filming Burt Wonderstone with Jim Carrey within the month of the month of january for completely new Line and Warner Bros. Zweibel, who’s writing an Cinemax comedy pilot vehicle for Cent Marshall, was repped by Paradigm, and CAA reps Craig. Their lit representative is Author’s House. Stuber is planning the Denzel Washington-Ryan Reynolds drama Safe House, in addition to wrapped Battleship, as well as the Seth MacFarlane-directed Ted which is presently creating the Keanu Reeves-starrer 47 Ronin.