Carrey, Reitman team for 'Pierre'

Fox Atomic nabs duo's spec script for $1 million

By DAVE MCNARY, TATIANA SIEGEL, TATIANA SIEGEL

Jason Reitman is attached to direct and Jim Carrey is aboard to topline comedy "Pierre Pierre" for Fox Atomic.

Fox Atomic acquired Edwin Cannistraci and Frederick Seton's spec for $1 million; Escape Artists and Reitman's banner Hard C are producing the film.

Politically incorrect story centers on a self-indulgent French nihilist who transports a stolen painting from Paris to London. Budget is pegged at $13 million.

Hard C's Dan Dubiecki is producing alongside Reitman and Escape Artists' Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch.

The Reitman-Carrey spec package sparked a heated bidding war that came down to Universal, Mandate and Atomic.

Reitman, who earned an Oscar nomination for "Juno," next will produce alongside Dubiecki the cheerleader-from-hell comedy-thriller "Jennifer's Body" for Fox Atomic. Karen Kusama directs from a Diablo Cody script; Megan Fox stars. Reitman is repped by WMA.

Carrey next stars in Warner Bros.' "Yes Man" and lends his voice to 20th Century Fox's "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who." He is repped by CAA.

"Pierre Pierre" marks Cannistraci and Seton's first screenplay in development.

They are repped by Category 5 Entertainment.

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