Paramount Resurrecting Ripley’s Believe It Or Not

Maybe it's me, but Jim Carrey is pushing hard to get back into people's good graces in a similar fashion to Tom Cruise. For awhile there, he was starring in movies, quality notwithstanding, folks didn't flock to go see and being seen running around with "autism curer" Jenny McCarthy wasn't a career tourniquet.

Either his checking account got low (I can relate!) or a confidant slapped sense back into his head. Because he's been getting his act together lately. This past week he hosted Saturday Night Live to big fanfare (and ratings) and he's in the midst of filming Mr. Popper's Penguins. Fox has that set for an August release, but I could see them bumping it to Thanksgiving given the popularity of the original children's book and its appeal to family audiences.

"TOLDJA" says another potential crowd-pleaser is on the way. Ripley's Believe It Or Not, set up with Carrey and director Tim Burton only to have the plug pulled weeks before filming was to start a couple of years back, is getting a blood transfusion. The studio has commissioned Oscar-winning scribe Eric Roth, behind Forest Gump, Munich and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to name a few, to overhaul the script.

Carrey remains attached to star, although a director remains MIA.