Zach Galifianakis books 'Dinner for Schmucks'

Zach Galifianakis, one of the funny guys in "The Hangover," is in negotiations to join Jay Roach's upcoming "Dinner for Schmucks," a remake of Francis Veber's popular 1998 comedy "Le diner de cons" (The Dinner Game).

Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and Lucy Punch are also on board to star in the project, in which a bunch of friends organize a weekly dinner to which they invite the dumbest people they can find. Variety says Galifianakis would play an assistant manager at a mattress store who's dating the ex-wife of Carell's character.

Galifianakis can also currently be seen on the big-screen in "G-Force." He's got a number of projects coming up, including the Todd Phillips-directed comedy "Due Date," "Youth in Revolt" and even "The Hangover 2."

Galifianakis was my favorite character in "The Hangover," and he's got all it takes to deliver big laughs, so I hope his role in "Schmucks" is big and funny enough to help turn this remake into something really amusing. It's hard to beat the original, but who knows...