Who better than Carla Gugino to partner Jim Carrey in the big screen adaptation of the classic kids book I’ve never heard of, Mr Popper’s Penguins?
Not so long ago we reported that Carrey had pipped Owen Wilson and Jack Black to the post of Mr Popper who, according to Variety,
…is a high-powered, New York business man who suddenly inherits six penguins. Taking care of the animals is no easy matter, and he quickly hits major hurtles, both at home and at work.But along the way, he learns the value of family and friendship–human and otherwise.
Do they mean hurdles? Or a lot of little things that are hurtling? Do they mean a load of sheep? Or is it a clever play on hurdles which hurt. I quite like that actually. Hurtles.
Anyway, stepping out from the glass house for a moment, the 1938 book is apparently well loved and despite living in the shadow of a proposed version of the book which was to have starred Ben Stiller directed by Noah Baumbach (which, if it had gone ahead, means this story would have been about Greta Gerwig getting the part Gugino is up for), Mark Waters is all set to direct the film for 20th Century Fox.
Variety is both the spice of life and the sauce of this news.
