Steve Carell will be joined by Ryan Gosling in John Requa and Glenn Ficarra's upcoming untitled comedy for Warner Bros. the script by Dan Fogelman ("Bolt") follows a father who is forced to deal with a marital crisis and keep up the relationship with his children.

Variety says Gosling will play a best friend of Carell's character. Gosling, who was last seen in "Lars and the Real Girl," will soon star in "Blue Valentine." Carell will next star in "Date Night," and Requa and Ficarra's new film is "I love you Phillip Morris."

The guy from "The Office" gears up for a round of big-screen golfing. Steve Carell is in talks to join "Missing Links," a sports comedy Warner Bros. is developing based on the novel by ESPN journalist Rick Reilly.

Risky Business says funny guy Carell would play a golfer who's played at a run-down Boston golf course for years and now finally decides to do whatever it takes to get to play his favorite sport at an elite club.

Jay Lavender, who previousy penned the shockingly terrible comedy "The Break-Up," is taking a stab at the script. He's also prepping "The Golden Tux."

Carell is a busy man these days. The star of "Get Smart" has several projects coming soon, including "Date Night" and "Dinner for Schmucks." He is also voicing a character in 2010's "Despicable Me."

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Actress Lucy Punch is pretty much set to star in 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 and Paul Rudd 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.

"Schmucks" is set to start production this fall, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film marks Roach's first big-screen project since 2004's "Meet the Fockers."

As for Punch, her credits include "The Class" and "Hot Fuzz." She also recently joined Woody Allen's upcoming untitled film, which stars Freida Pinto, Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas and Josh Brolin.

Oscar winner Mel Gibson is set to star in Jodie Foster's latest directing gig "The Beaver" from a script by Kyle Killen, according to Variety.

Gibson gets to play a crazy dude who starts walking around with a beaver puppet, which he treats just like a human. Foster will star as his (poor) wife.

"The Beaver" marks Foster's third job as director; she previously helmed "Little Man Tate" and "Home for the Holidays." She was last seen onscreen in the disappointing adventure flick "Nim's Island."

As for Gibson, he's got Martin Campbell's cop drama "Edge of Darkness" coming up soon. "Beaver" sounds like a cool idea, and I guess Gibson is just the right guy to play the crazed lead.

BTW: Steve Carell was originally attached to the role, with Jay Roach in talks to direct.