When music-fuelled romantic drama Once hit it big back in 2006, you might have expected writer/director John Carney to be snapped up to direct some work on some Hollywood project starring a big name. But instead, he opted to handle a remake of his own comedy short Zonad before switching tracks for supernatural drama The Rafters. Now, though, he might be on to a bigger job, entering final negotiations to direct Dogs Of Babel.
We talked about the project back in February, when Steve Carell first became attached. Don’t go worrying that this is going to be some huge action comedy, though: Dogs is a rather more maudlin drama about a linguistics professor investigating his wife’s death.
You see, while the police consider her death an accident, Paul Iverson (Carell) thinks otherwise. And with the couple’s dog Lorelei the only living witness to the incident, Iverson begins to try to teach her to speak so she can reveal what really happened.
It’s an odd premise, adapted from Carolyn Parkhurst’s novel by writer Jamie Linden. There’s no word on when it’ll start shooting, but if Carney locks in a deal, that should put it on track for filming next year.