Variety reports that Warner Bros. is betting big on Steve Carell and Cars writer Dan Fogelman.  The studio has just paid $2 million against $2.5 million for an untitled spec script by Fogelman with the intention of having Steve Carell star in it.  Oddly enough, the film doesn't sound like an expensive movie nor does it seem like it's the kind of movie Carell typically stars in.  According to Variety, "Script has a tone comparable to 'Love Actually.' Carell will play a father whose life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children."  I guess WB really, really like Dan in Real Life.

Fogelman wrote the script specifically with Carell in mind but there's only a 50-50 shot Carell will do the film during his hiatus from The Office.  The other film is one we reported on a couple days ago called Mail-Order Groom which would reunite Carell with Date Night co-star Tina Fey.  Unlike Fogelman's spec, Groom, which is about a woman who orders a husband from Eastern Europe, sounds a lot more like a Steve Carell movie.  Sadly, it looks like Get Smart 2 is not in the running and WB will have to push the film back another year.  Missed it by that much.