Tim Burton is set to direct "Believe It or Not!" for Paramount Pictures. The action-adventure film based on the exploits of Robert Ripley, the explorer and newspaper columnist who created "Ripley´s Believe It or Not," is set to star Jim Carrey.

The focus is on Ripley at a time when he has attained celebrity status through a "Believe It or Not" column that chronicled his search for the greatest oddities on the planet. Along the way, he learns to appreciate his unusual human discoveries as more than mere conquests to be catalogued.

The studio expects to begin production on the film, in London in October for a late 2007 release. The project was written by Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander.

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