Will Ferrell News

Wrier Adam McKay has teamed up again with Will Ferrell for the upcoming comedy Step Brothers.

When these two sat down with ComingSoon.net to discuss that project, however, focus turned to the exciting possibility of a follow-up to an earlier film that focused on a certain, arrogant, clueless news man.

"We just had so much fun making that movie, and it was hard to get made, but what's been great is that it's taken on such a life of its own," Ferrell said about Anchorman, while hinting at the possibility of a sequel. "At least the feedback we get is it's beloved, so yeah, it's just one of those that feels like an evergreen thing that we can go back and do it again."

Ron Burgundy gets himself ready for an Anchorman sequel.

McKay also commented on the rumors of Anchorman 2.

"We had a lot of ideas," McKay said. "The opportunity to be that free and loose. The audience would give us a lot of rope with that character at this point, a lot of free rein. They all know it, and they all know it's going to get crazy, and that's just too tempting. It's like oh my God, where can we go? What's the next level of this idea we can push to?"

A suggestion of showing Ron in the 1980s has been flloated, McKay added.

"We got about seven ideas we're kicking around right now, so somewhere out of all of them, it will somehow fit together."

Will Ferrell has signed on to star in Two Face, a dramedy scripted by Vince Gilligan (Hancock, Home Fries).

As reported by Variety, Ferrell will portray the title character, a racist who, after a prank gone awry, develops a split personality.

Producers Mark Johnson and Jimmy Miller are searching for a director and aiming to start production early next year, before Ferrell begins shooting Judd Apatow-produced Sherlock Holmes movie, in which he plays Watson to Sacha Baron Cohen's Holmes.

John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell - who teamed up for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - are back for another summer comedy.

The two actors star together in Step Brothers. In the film, the pair portrays, well, step brothers.

Here they are, clowning around on the red carpet of the film's premiere:

Our favorite funny man turns 41 today.

We'd like to wish a very happy birthday to Will Ferrell, as he prepares to go on a publicity tour for his upcoming film, Step Brothers.

The actor, of course, has starred in a list of movies longer than the belly laughs his mere presence elicits from countless fans. Here's a look at just some of the classic comedies and characters on his resume:

• Semi-Pro: Jackie Moon
• Blades of Glory: Chazz Michael Michaels
• Stranger Than Fiction: Harold Crick
• Talladega Nights: Ricky Bobby
• Wedding Crashers: Chazz Reinhold
• Anchorman: Ron Burgundy

At a recent press day for his upcoming comedy Step Brothers, ReelzChannel asked Will Ferrell for a few details about his highly anticipated adaptation of Land of the Lost.

"I think it's a great blend of paying homage to the show mixed with what I think could be a different genre, this kind of adventure comedy where we really use the adventure to set up the comedy and we're able to comment on these situations that you would love to see characters comment on," Ferrell said.

Land of the Lost will be released in July of 2009.

How awesome does this sound?!?

An untitled comedy is being planned that will star Sacha Baron Cohen as master detective Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as Watson, his crime-solving partner. Variety has the story.

Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) is writing the script, while Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller will produce.

The comedy is inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series.

It reteams Baron Cohen and Ferrell, who played rival racecar drivers in the 2006 hit comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, which Apatow and Miller also produced. As you can see, the actors get along quite well:

On July 25, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly team up again in Step Brothers.

The pair were recently interviewed by Joblo.com, asked about how they came up with the idea for the comedy. Here are excerpts from the conversation:

You guys had this concept back when you made Talladega Nights, so where did this idea come from originally?
John C. Reilly: It wasn't that far back was it?

Will Ferrell: No, we just had the idea of trying to work together again, but in terms of a specific idea it wasn't until meeting back in Los Angeles and pitching a bunch of things and then it was really, we had settled on two or three options and I think Adam called us the next day and said "Here's a totally brand new idea that we hadn't thought about" and it was this one and we were, "Oh."

How did the writing work?
Will Ferrell: Actually, I shouldn't even say this - we farmed it out to China. There are a group of writers who work, they are called the Omega group and they are pretty close to our voice, there were some cultural things that were slightly different.

John C. Reilly: All the script notes came from India. And they would just talk to the writers in China.

Will Ferrell: It was a very belabored process, but we didn't have to do any of it, which was great.

Starting today, we'd like to introduce a new feature to our site, Reel Movie Stars. During Reel Movie Stars, we will highlight a different star and bring you quotes, pictures, fun facts, and incredibly complete filmographies. We decided we would launch this feature with one of the biggest stars in movies today, Will Ferrell.

Now almost everyone knows Will Ferrell thanks to his box office successes and his incredible tenure on Saturday Night Live, where he became the highest paid cast member ever in 2001. Now what you may not know is that Ferrell was the kicker for his high school varsity football team or that he originally wanted to be a sports broadcaster and graduated from The University of Southern California with a degree in Sports Information.

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When MTV spoke to Will Ferrell for his new film Semi-Pro, one of the biggest nagging questions the network wanted answered was the status of that long-rumored sequel to Ben Stiller's classic ode to male modeling, Zoolander.

"Yeah, there was a little talk," Ferrell said. "I brought it up to Ben really five years after the fact. Just for whatever reasons, it's just not crystallizing."

Wow. How excited are we over the mere mention of this possibility, though? We need more Zoolander quotes in the world!

One of the biggest obsticles for the actor, he said, was how his evil designer Mugatu could fit into the plot of a sequel.

"That's the other thing," Ferrell said, sighing. "I mean, Mugatu, what do you do with that guy? Would he still be obsessed with that?"

Got any ideas? Send them in to us now!