Carell Wanted For Foxcatcher

Steve Carell has been offered the lead role in the true crime drama "Foxcatcher" says The Press Association.

Carell would  play Schizophrenic murderer John du Pont, the heir to the DuPont.Chemical fortune who built a wrestling gym called Team Foxcatcher on his Pennsylvania estate. In 1996, he shot and killed his close friend, Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Dave Schultz, at the training centre. After the murder, du Pont locked himself in his mansion for two days while he negotiated with police on the telephone.A motive for the crime was never established, and du Pont himself died last year in a Pennsylvania prison at the age of 72.

E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman wrote the script from which Bennett Miller will call the shots. The trio will also produce