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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Kristen Wiig Sought For Anchorman: The Legend Continues

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The seemingly endless saga of getting Anchorman 2 onto our screens continues, with TheWrap reporting that Kristen Wiig is being eyed for a role in the movie. If a deal is reached, she’d play the love interest of Steve Carell’s Brick Tamland.

Anchorman: The Continues already has Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, and Christina Applegate set to return, with Adam McKay and Will Ferrell currently working on the script. All that is known about the story is that it will be set in the late 1970s and focusses on how the Action 4 News team tries to adapt to the changes in broadcast news.

Not too long ago is was revealed that director Adam McKay hopes to begin shooting in either January or February, but as it seems the script isn’t ready yet, things may get delayed.

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Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson & Alison Brie Join LEGO movie

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The planned CGI LEGO movie is certainly pulling a great cast together, with the news that Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Alison Brie, and Nick Offerman have all signed up to voice roles in the film, according to Variety.

Will Arnett, Channing Tatum, Chris Pratt, Morgan Freeman, and Elizabeth Banks also star, with Arnett and Tatum particularly interesting, as they’ll be Superman and Batman, marking the first time the characters have appeared on screen together. The story is about Emmett (Pratt), a seemingly average Lego figure who is mistaken for a powerful man who can help save the universe. He joins a group determined to stop the evil President Business (Ferrell). Liam Neeson will play the villain’s right hand man, Bad Cop, with Alison Brie portraying a member of Emmett’s group. Nick Offerman will play a surly pirate, hell-bent on getting revenge on President Business.

And with a villain called President Business, we can already sense right wing nutjobs preparing to froth at the mouth about how this is trying to indoctrinate kids into hating capitalism.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street) are directing from a screenplay they co-wrote, based on an original story by Dan Hagerman and Kevin Hagerman. A release date of February 28th, 2014 is already set.

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Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (DVD)

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Thanks to the TV series Tom Goes To The Mayor and Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have quite the cult following and so have decided to move into film with Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie. To do so they’ve teamed up with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Funny Or Die, and with cameos from Ferrell, Jeff Goldblum, Zach Galifianakis, Will Forte, John C. Reilly, it all sounds like this should be hilarious.

Sadly it isn’t – or more accurately, it has some very funny moments, but largely it’s just dumb. You get the feeling Tim & Eric are people who know how to make comedy in bite-sized chunks but have floundered when trying to stretch things out to feature-length. The bits that work are essentially slightly surreal sketches within the main narrative, but everything inbetween is either dull, stupid or just plain lazy. It also suffers from the comedy killer that is briefly destroying the characters that have been built up just for a cheap joke. [Read more…]

Will Ferrell and Steve Carell Join Swear to God

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Will Ferrell and Steve Carell have signed on to star together in Swear to God, with actor-screenwriter Justin Theroux locked in to make his directorial debut on the Warner Bros, according to Deadline.

The comedy centres on Will Ferrell’s character, an arrogant hedge fund manager whose life is turned upside down when he becomes convinced that he actually saw God. No details are currently know for Steve Carell’s character.

Justin Theroux will direct and rewrite the screenplay that was originally penned by Due Date scribes Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland. Shooting is scheduled to begin next July, after Will Ferrell wraps on Anchorman: The Legend Continues.

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Will Ferrell Flick Flamingo Thief Gets Director Craig Gillespie

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Fright Night director Craig Gillespie is in negotiations to direct Flamingo Thief for Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films. The movie already has Will Ferrell attached to star in what could be an interestingly quirky film.

Ferrell will play the title character, a distraught lawyer who becomes obsessed with stealing pink flamingos from his neighbuors, after his wife leaves him for another man.

Michael LeSieur (You, Me and Dupree) wrote the screenplay, which landed on the 2011 Black List. The script is adapted from Susan Trott’s novel of the same name.

It isn’t known when the movie might shoot. (Source: Variety)

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Adam Sandler In Talks To Replace Mark Wahlberg In Three Mississippi

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Adam Sandler is in talks to replace Mark Wahlberg in the Warner Bros. football comedy Three Mississippi. The change has come about due to shifting schedules, which would have meant Wahlberg couldn’t make the film until next year, according to Vulture.

The film centres on two rival families who play a tackle football game every Thanksgiving Day, with Sandler now heading one family and Will Ferrell the other. The comedy was originally set to reunite The Other Guys director Adam McKay with stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. However, Wahlberg’s commitment to the Navy SEAL thriller Lone Survivor, led to his departure from Three Mississippi, when its shoot was delayed by several month.

Adam McKay was also forced to drop out after Paramount resurrected the comedy sequel Anchorman: The Legend Continues in March. Sean Anders will now direct from a screenplay by John Morris, Scott Silveri, and Robert Carlock. Production will likely begin this autumn.

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Teaser Trailer

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Last week an Anchorman 2 teaser debuted ahead of The Dictator. Now it’s arrived online, so we can all enjoy the return of Ron Burgundy. However, while we have a teaser, the movie itself is yet to shoot, with director Adam McKay last week saying that, “Nothing’s set. Right now I can say for sure there is no Ghost Rider cameo or a scene where Ron fights a wolverine on a nose-diving helicopter. We’re either going to shoot the movie in 3D or 1/2 D.” It’ll arrive in cinemas 2013.

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Anchorman 2 Teaser Poster Arrives – And Director Adam McKay talks up the film

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Yesterday we posted the first image from Anchorman, which Ron Burgundy himself had released on Twitter. Today the first teaser poster arrive, promising us that ‘The Legend Continues’ in 2013. The first teaser trailer has also been released alongside The Dictator and will hopefully be online soon.

Director Adam McKay is quoted by Total Film talking up the movie and chatting about the teaser trailer, which was filmed before production starts properly on the film.”Paramount came to us with the idea of the teaser,” explains McKay, “and since we’re writing the script it was a good chance to see the characters and hang out with the actors to inspire writing. All of the actors slipped right into character and they all looked amazing. Paul [Rudd] has a beard and we’re thinking of keeping it. Kind of an Eddie Rabbit meets Serpico look.”

As for what exactly we can expect from the second film, “Nothing’s set,” he says. “Right now I can say for sure there is no Ghost Rider cameo or a scene where Ron fights a wolverine on a nose-diving helicopter. We’re either going to shoot the movie in 3D or 1/2 D.”

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First Anchorman 2 Pic Arrives – And Ron Burgundy takes to Twitter

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With so many unfulfilled sequel promises in the years since Anchorman arrived in 2004, it appears the main order of business at the moment is convincing people a follow-up really is happening and it’s not just some cruel joke.

The next few days should remove any doubt, with a teaser for the film promised alongside The Dictator, and now Ron Burgundy himself has taken to Twitter and tweeted the first photo from the new movie.

He says: ‘Dont get Twirter. Anchorman2 teaser w Dictator tom night. Dont know what a teaser is. World is crazy? Having a scotch. http://pic.twitter.com/3Iw2Fa9T ‘

You can follow Ron @RonBurgundy

No release date has yet been set for Anchorman 2.

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The Campaign Trailer – Will you vote for Will Ferrell or Zach Galifianakis?

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Last week some fun political ads arrived from The Campaign, and now a full trailer is here. In the film, when long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. The film is released this September.

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