Funny man, Steve Carell, ("Evan Almighty", "Get Smart") is expected to play lead role in a film, by first time film writer Kyle Killen about man who walks around with a beaver puppet on his hand, treating it as something close to a human creature with human feelings.
The Hollywood Reporter says Indie producer, Anonymous Content, recently took on the script, just as other producers are picking up the scent of "The Beaver". The imaginative tale, which falls in to the realm of "Being John Malkovich", "Lars and The Real Girl", has a lot of studios keen to take on this film
Killen a thirty-something spec-writer is causing a buzz in Hollywood circles as he makes his way to screenwriting. He follows a tradition that this year alone includes such previous unknowns as Michael Martin and Brad Ingelsby.