Steve Carrell may very well work with Irish director John Carney on funny sounding book adaptation, Dogs of Babel, according to Deadline.
Carney last directed the underrated Irish comedy, Zonad, and has previously worked on the hit RTE series, Bachelors Walk. But most in Hollywood will know him as the guy who wrote and directed the Oscar winning indie, Once. According to writer of the novel, Carolyn Parkhurst's website, the book's plot is as follows: "When his wife dies in a fall from a tree in their backyard, linguist Paul Iverson is wild with despair. In the days that follow, Paul becomes certain that Lexy's death was no accident. Strange clues have been left behind: unique, personal messages that only she could have left and that he is determined to decipher. So begins Paul's fantastic and perilous search for the truth, as he abandons his every-day life to embark on a series of experiments designed to teach his dog Lorelei to communicate. Is this the project of a madman? Or does Lorelei really have something to tell him about the last afternoon of a woman he only thought he knew? At the same time, Paul obsessively recalls the early days of his love for Lexy and the ups and downs of life with the brilliant, sometimes unsettling woman who became his wife."
Carrell remains one of the most likeable screen actors working today; his work in his most recent flick, Crazy, Stupid, Love was great, and I've always been impressed with his ability to balance funny with sweet. Carney has taken his time with the transition to Hollywood, and could've easily went and signed on for some big musical or romantic comedy on the back of Once, but instead made Zonad. That's a guy who's making choices he wants to, and not because they'll make him more money. Fingers crossed this one pans out.