Actor Jim Carrey arrives at the MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios, in Los Angeles, California, on June 5, 2011. AFP PHOTO/VALERIE MACON (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)
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It’s been an eon since looking forward to a Jim Carrey comedy was something you’d be wise to do. But with the pedigree of Loomis Fargo, based on the true story of four doltish Southerners who pulled off a $17 million heist, this could be the one: Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) will direct, Up All Night creator and former SNL writer Emily Spivey wrote the first draft, Danny McBride and Jody Hill did a rewrite, Lorne Michaels will produce. Carrey’s eyeing the starring role.