Steve Carell And Charlie Kaufman Team For 'Dr. Strangelove'-Esque Satire 'I.Q. 83'

One of the great, unrealized movies of the past few years (and one we really hope, but also doubt, will ever get made) is Charlie Kaufman's ambitious, Hollywood skewering, comedy/musical, "Frank Or Francis." But one of the proposed stars of that film is teaming with Kaufman on another project.

Deadline reports that Steve Carell will star in "I.Q. 83," with the movie getting a page one rewrite from Kaufman, and for now, there's no word if he'll also direct or not. It's a sci-fi movie with a premise that's right up Kaufman's alley, following a viral outbreak that renders those afflicted with a rapidly decreasing I.Q. — including the scientist tasked with finding a cure. It's based on the book by Arthur Herzog, here's the synopsis from Amazon: 

That was before the DNA experiments. Before the accident you said could never happen…
Since then you have felt your mind decaying a little more each day. You have watched your wife slip into imbecility. You have seen the...