Remember Clay Pigeons or A Cool Dry Place? Me neither. These are the films that Vince Vaughn tried to be more than just a stand up comedian in. Turns out, he’s returning to that dry well. He’s been cast in a drama/comedy, Sunny and 68, that sounds suspiciously serious. However, for some reason, my instinct tells me he’s old enough to be up for it.

Variety reports that Universal has bought the rights to the script of Sunny and 68 and that the Wild West’erner is attached, along with Gavin O’Connor (Pride and Glory) directing.

The story will follow Vaughn as an alcoholic who bottoms out on television after riding the national poker circuit. Sounds like he’s going to learn a lot of lessons when he moves back home after going broke. He finds out he has a 5-year-old daughter and that his mother is dying. So he’s got to grow up, in order to take care of his family. Sounds serious, right? I think it would be pretty awkward if Vaughn played a stand up comedian in this one.

Director O’Connor tells Variety "It's a story of how three generations of women teach this character to become a man.” Looks like Vaughn is going to have to act like more than just a man-child for this role.