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Variety reports that Paramount has unexpectedly decided to postpone production on the big-budgeted Jim Carrey/Tim Burton project Ripley's Believe It Or Not for "at least a year." If this move seems eerily similar to Fox and Sony's unexpected decision to "pull the plug" on the big-budgeted Jim Carrey/Ben Stiller/Jay Roach project Used Guys, that's only because you haven't heard any of Paramount's executives stress the studio's undying love for Carrey and Burton and promise that the movie isn't dead, it's just taking a nap while they work on the script. Reports Var:

"It's the completely opposite situation," Par's co-prexy of production Brad Weston said. "We intend to make the movie with Tim and Jim, and the fact they are meeting later this week to continue working on the script shows our intent to go forward. We wanted to get to the right place creatively and financially, and through our relationship with DreamWorks, this picture switch was made easy and seamless. Everybody is still fully committed to making this happen, and now we can do that without spending money on a weekly basis for pre-production."

See? Everything is totally fine! Things could deteriorate at the "script meeting" later this week, however, when Paramount emperor Brad Grey suggests that each side rip out a page, write down a figure representing what they think the budget for the film should be, then try to determine what a fair compromise between the talent's "$150 million" and the studio's "fuck you" proposals might be.