Feb 26 2009Will Ferell & Mark Wahlberg Are: A Sort of A-Team Parody
It's the news you've been waiting for. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg will soon be entertaining you as a comic, crime-fighting duo:
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired “The B Team,” a spec pitch package for an Adam McKay-directed action comedy that will team Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops, with Chris Henchy and McKay writing the script.Pic will be a co-production between Gary Sanchez Productions and Mosaic. Sony has not set a release date on the film, but it is expected to go into production as quickly as the filmmakers can get it ready.
The comedy was pitched around town on Tuesday by Endeavor and CAA, and Sony co-president Matt Tolmach moved quickly. Tolmach was comfortable committing to a film without a finished script, because Columbia worked in exactly the same fashion on “Talladega Nights” and “Step Brothers,” both of which were set up with a pitch and the collaborative track record of McKay and Ferrell.
Good work, men. Now that we've bridged the gap between the Frat Pack and Entourage, the combination of Dude movies at our disposal are endless.
Ferrell, Wahlberg join 'The B Team' [Variety]
Reader Comments
1. Caper - February 26, 2009 7:56 PM
first?
2. michael - February 26, 2009 8:16 PM
oh great, another will ferrell movie to avoid
3. David - February 27, 2009 10:12 AM
They're ripping off Benny Hill! Bastards.
4. Joker Boy - February 27, 2009 10:46 AM
How dare you insult Will Ferrell's awesomeness!
Oh, and watch "Eastbound and Down"! It is also Awesome as well...
Kenny Powers rules!!!
5. B - February 27, 2009 10:58 AM
@2 I'm so glad I'm not the only one that hates Will Ferrell
6. bester - February 27, 2009 11:08 AM
great photo.
7. Travis - February 27, 2009 2:22 PM
I wonder if Mark Wahlberg's character in the new movie will get a handgun that shoots the right direction regardless of which way he points it? Seriously, the gun in his left hand in that pic must be off by 15 degrees.
8. azalea - March 1, 2009 10:48 PM
Why do they keep making Will Ferrell movies? All that does is encourage him.
9. Tammy - March 2, 2009 1:28 AM
@2 I love you, want to get married? Finally someone else who feels the same as I do regarding Will Farrell. I've already cried cause they had to ruin Land Of The Lost by casting this fool in the lead role. I pray for the day I hear that he's retiring.
10. todders - March 2, 2009 3:12 AM
This has potential.
But you REALLY HAVEN'T LIVED until you've seen "A FISTFUL OF BILLY RAY CYRUS":
http://www.digitalfuntown.com/videos/155
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