Jim Carrey gets serious, beardy in new film True Crimes

He'll star in the Polish set crime thriller.

Jim Carrey's taken a turn for the dramatic; he's recently been in Krakow filming Alexandros Avranas' new thriller, True Crimes.

Based on a 2008 New Yorker article by David Grann, it uncovers a bizarre piece of Polish criminal history, in which the cold case murder of a businessman is suddenly discovered to share remarkable similarities to an author's debut novel. The first stills have now appeared, showing Carrey looking suitably grizzled and concerned, and with a beard ready to rival Sigmund Freud's.

This isn't the first time the comedian's drifted to the cinematic dark side; though his turn as a numerology obsessive in the psychological thriller The Number 23 (2007) wasn't exactly lauded (though Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was admittedly great). There's perhaps more hope here; Alexandros Avranas' last film Miss Violence has been largely co-opted as part of the recent Greek new wave movement, with Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth at its centre.

True Crimes will also feature several major Polish stars, including Agata Kulesza, Maja Ostaszewska, and Robert Wieckiewiscz.

Carrey will also feature in Ana Lily Amirpour's dystopian love story The Bad Batch, notable for having directed this year's ultra-cool Iranian vampire flick A Girl Walks Home At Night.