Old-ish news, but Steve Carell is out and Mel Gibson is in for Kyle Killen’s dark comedy The Beaver, according to Variety. In addition to directing, Jodie Foster will also play the wife of Gibson’s screwy depressive, who finds solace in sporting a beaver hand puppet. Slightly weird pairing on the surface, but makes some sense given the Maverick history, I guess. Will Gibson fans — to the extent that they still constitute a mass worth considering, financially — really indulge an arty, non-vengeful side project, though?