Steve Carell is undertaking another inevitable comedy gold mine project. Since he’s already tackled virginity, (The 40 Year Old Virgin), and mental retardation (Anchorman), he’s now set to play a man with testosterone problems in Hi-T for Warner Bros. Pictures. Carell is set to star and produce the comedy through his production company Carousel Productions.

The project will be produced by Vance Degeneres and Charlie Hartstock, Carell’s partners at Carousel Productions. As we as, Bob Cooper who’s been working on this project since it was in development at New Line Cinema. The screen play is being written by Kim Barker who’s most recent project was the comedy License to Wed.

Hi-T is a comedy about about a man’s life after an accident that forces him to take testosterone injects and causes him to have incredible mood swings.

Watchmen watches the top of the box office; Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan are A Couple of Dicks; we may not get Three Stories About Joan but we will get a lot of suing; Wahlberg takes Prisoners; Steve Carrell brings us the worlds first “Testosterone comedy” in Hi-T; Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck knows The 28^th Amendment (and breaks my spell check).

Box Office

As predicted Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Watchmen captured the top spot at the box office with an estimated $55 million opening weekend. A pretty substantial sum considering the near three hour running time and the R rating. Time will tell if the film has legs and the mainstream crossover appeal to the general public.

Madea Goes to Jail banked another $8.5 million to keep acquire the runner-up spot. So far the Tyler Perry film has netted $76 million.

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