New Ferrell-Wahlberg Comedy Making the Rounds

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New Ferrell-Wahlberg Comedy Making the Rounds

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 1:16PM

How about this for a comedy tandem: Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. Variety says that a new action comedy directed by Adam McKay is a hot commodity being shopped to studios to fill gaps in their 2010 schedules. Another movie that is making its way around town is a drama by Bourne Ultimatum co-writer George Nolfi that would star Matt Damon.

While I certainly think there's room for both, I'm more intrigued on the surface by B Team, the action comedy with Ferrell and Wahlberg playing cops. I mean, that's a strange dynamic. Could you imagine if it's Semi-Pro meets The Departed?

Seriously, I just don't know what form that would take.

As for the Damon movie, it sounds like another solid addition to his filmography, and if I can be clinical for a second, there are very few brands in the marketplace any better than the Matt Damon brand. He makes smart, sophisticated thrillers that audiences go crazy for. This would be a loose adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story, which Nolfi will also direct. It's a "contemporary science fiction love story" called The Adjustment Bureau.

Updates about where each rather expensive film will land should be forthcoming by the end of the week.

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They need to hurry up on that buddy cop movie before both of them are too old for this shit.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |

MRPigg

Ha!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |

Colin Boyd

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