I’m a sucker for blockbuster movies geared toward little kids. A few weeks ago I saw Despicable Me, and I giggled as much as the 7-year-old next to me during the trailer for Megamind. (Yeah. It happened.) And the worst part? After Yahoo! movies released this extended trailer — as seen by Comic-Con audiences — I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to wait until November to see this movie. And here’s why: READ FULL STORY »
Tag: Will Ferrell (61-70 of 76)
Jul 24
2010
11:26 AM ET
Comic-Con video: Mark Wahlberg threatens to crack my 'f***ing glasses' while Will Ferrell and Eva Mendes look uncomfortable
Before we started shooting our interview with the cast of The Other Guys here at Comic-Con, Mark Wahlberg and I bonded over the highly addictive BlackBerry game Brick Breaker — he’s apparently logged an astronomic seven-figure high score — so I thought he and I were totally cool. Then the cameras began to roll, and, well, things did not unfold as I expected. Please pay close attention to Will Ferrell’s eyes around the 2:05 mark, and you will understand why I considered it entirely possible that Mark Wahlberg was about to make good on his threat to harm my poor spectacles. READ FULL STORY »
Jul 23
2010
09:23 AM ET
Comic-Con: Should more stars come dressed in costume?
Image Credit: John Shearer/Getty ImagesThere’s always a debate about which movies and TV shows really deserve a trip to Comic-Con, and which ones are simply taking advantage of the crowd to promote themselves. Seeing shots of Will Ferrell appearing at the Megamind panel dressed as his animated character made me think coming in costume would be a great way for stars to show their commitment to the spirit of the event. I’m only 90 percent joking.
Jul 19
2010
01:56 PM ET
'Anchorman 2' was going to be a musical, says Adam McKay
Image Credit: Frank MasiThis is something we choose to believe because it would have been awesome: Adam McKay told CHUD the ’80s-set Anchorman sequel that fell apart over budget issues was going to be a musical. “We were going to do four months on Broadway and then jump right into filming,” he said. Two reasons to believe him aside from the “Afternoon Delight” moment in the first film (and the music video): Ferrell’s limited run with You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush in 2009, and we know Paul Rudd loves to karaoke. (McKay’s reps did not have further comment on the matter when contacted earlier today.)
What other films would you like to see made into a Broadway musical? I wonder how The Notebook is coming? And Elf?
Jul 16
2010
06:30 PM ET
Happy Birthday Will Ferrell! Keep the laughs coming our way.
Image Credit: Chris Hatcher/PR PhotosWho doesn’t love Will Ferrell? Who can forget his infamous role as Mugatu in Zoolander or as “Frank the Tank” in Old School? Let’s face it, the actor never disappoints his audience.
So, in celebration of Ferrell’s birthday, why not remember some of the actor’s best moments? At least, that is, my favorite moments. READ FULL STORY »
Jul 1
2010
09:00 AM ET
This week's cover: Your Summer Must List
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg team up with director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights) for The Other Guys, our pick for summer’s most promising comedy. Though Wahlberg and Ferrell play a pair of mismatched NYC policemen, don’t expect your typical buddy-cop movie. “The buddy-cop movie is, for all intents and purposes, pretty much dead,” McKay says. “There hasn’t been a good one in, what, 20 years?” As on all his movies, McKay encouraged lots of improvisation, and Wahlberg quickly got into it. “I really put myself out there,” he says. “I just kept getting crazier and crazier and crazier. I was waiting for Adam to say, ‘Dude, will you chill the f— out?’ But it never happened. I wouldn’t have been able to do that years ago — I was too self-conscious.” During one of their many verbal sparring matches, Ferrell and Wahlberg’s ad-libbing yielded an increasingly bizarre (and hilarious) monologue about a lion fighting a tuna. “That was so pleasing, because it was a long run, and it just kept working,” Ferrell says. “A lot of comedy directors would have cut it after the first or second laugh. I think that’s one of the things people love — or hate — about our movies: We’ll stick with something for a really long time until it either becomes a source of enjoyment or torture.” READ FULL STORY »
Jun 11
2010
06:05 PM ET
'Elf the Musical': Great idea or a throne of lies?
The Christmas canon is a hard club to crack, even with the aid of a nutcracker. But in my book, the 2003 comedy Elf is right up there with It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, and Die Hard on the list of required Yuletide viewing. Now it’s being turned into a Broadway musical set to open in November, just in time for the holiday season.
Elf the Musical will be written by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone) and may eventually star Christian Anderson of Avenue Q as the oversized eponymous elf of the title, originally played by Will Ferrell in one of his most spirited roles. Of course, this is only the latest in a long line of movies being turned into musicals: see The Producers, Hairspray, High Fidelity, Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, 9 to 5, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, Young Frankenstein, and pretty much every Disney film made in the 1990s. Personally, I’m just waiting for Speed: The Musical: “You think you’re so great, we’ll see just what you got/Sharpen up your pencil, Pop…Quiz…HOTSHOT!”
What do you guys think? Excited for Elf the Musical?
Jun 7
2010
09:20 AM ET
MTV Movie Awards 2010: What you didn't see on TV
Image Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comIf you watched the MTV Movie Awards telecast last night, you saw a lot of Twilight actors, some girl-on-girl action, a lot of leg, and a very different side of Tom Cruise. And, of course, Sandra Bullock continued to own us all. But here’s what you didn’t see on TV:
– Just as the show cut to a commercial break, The Other Guys’ Mark Wahlberg, still suspended by a harness above the stage, wrapped his legs around costar Will Ferrell from behind and pretended to, um, do something I can’t print here. Hint: Just add an “ing” to that expletive heard every two seconds during Peter Facinelli’s acceptance speech.
– Speaking of… READ FULL STORY »
May 3
2010
06:01 PM ET
Will Ferrell says 'Anchorman 2' might not be dead: 'We're still going back and forth'
Image Credit: Frank MasiCould Ron Burgundy live to anchor another nightly newscast after all? Last Thursday, Anchorman director/co-writer Adam McKay suggested via Twitter that the long-gestating sequel was a no-go: “So bummed. Paramount basically passed on Anchorman 2. Even after we cut our budget down. We tried.”
Talking to EW today, McKay’s star and co-writer Will Ferrell struck a similarly bemused tone. But wait! Ferrell wouldn’t rule out the possibility that Anchorman 2 might get made after all. Read on for our Q&A.
Meanwhile, sources close to Paramount confirm to EW that negotiations are ongoing, and say it all comes down to money. They say the studio won’t make another Anchorman for more than $50 million, due to concerns about the first one’s overseas gross, and that McKay and Ferrell have asked for closer to $70 million. Ferrell’s camp, however, tells EW that those numbers are not accurate. —Additional reporting by Nicole Sperling
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Anchorman has been back in the headlines with Paramount passing on the sequel. What happened with that? How do you feel about that?
WILL FERRELL: Well, you know, yeah, it’s a little peculiar. On the one hand, [we were] being begged to do a sequel for such a long time, and then we finally came up with a concept that we liked, we talked to all the guys, and everyone was up for it. And then to get the reaction we got, yeah, it’s slightly puzzling to us. But you know what? It’s also their money. They get to do or not do whatever they want. So we’ll see. We’re still going back and forth. Maybe there is a solution. Or, I know in talking to Adam, if it never happens, then it never happens. And that’s fine, too. So we’ll just see. READ FULL STORY »
Apr 30
2010
11:48 AM ET
'Anchorman 2' dead? Take our poll, tell us how you feel.
On his Twitter feed GhostPanther, Adam McKay, director and cowriter of Will Ferrell’s Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, has announced that Paramount and the producers could not agree on a budget for a sequel, and since the studio owns the rights to Anchorman, the film is dead unless someone has a change of heart. READ FULL STORY »
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