Steve Carell has the attention of millions in the palm of his hands as he’s preparing to exit his hit television show “the Office” and devote his full attention to his film career. Moviefone is reporting that one of the many films that are currently penciled into his schedule is based on the novel “Dogs of Babel”.

Source: Moviefone

The book follows the story of Paul Iverson, a linguistics professor who returns home one day to find his wife dead in their backyard. Police rule her death an accident, but Paul is not quite sure. The only witness to her death is their dog Lorelei. In Paul’s grief-stricken search for answers, he endeavors to teach Lorelei to talk in the hopes that he can uncover what happened the day his wife died.” You can practically hear the sniffles of viewers already…

I hadn’t fully considered the idea of Carell going the dramatic route but I guess anything is possible. We’ve seen a few fantastic dramatic performances from many that have a history in comedy including Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, and Adam Sandler. I like the idea of him exploring these other genre’s but in the back of my mind I hope that it doesn’t lead to him abandoning comedy altogether.

I still haven’t seen the ‘home-run’ comedy from Carell that has completely won me over to the idea of him leaving the Office, and I’m not really interested in the premise of this film, but I guess it’s his stab at going for an Oscar and will try to remain optimistic.