Ferrell to Star in Neighborhood Watch

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By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (24)

It’s been a while now since we’ve heard from Will Ferrell. For a few years there, the motherfucker wouldn’t go away. But, it’s been almost a year since his last film, Step-Brothers, and he’s just now starting to ramp up the promotion on this June’s Land of the Lost, so the only exposure he’s had lately was his pretty fun turn in “Eastbound and Down,” and that HBO George Bush special I never saw.

All of which is to say: I’m still sick of the guy, and he’s got six movies in the works, including Anchorman 2 and his Sherlock Holmes film with Sacha Baron Cohen. He also owns the rights to my favorite book of the last five years, King Dork, and if that son of bitch messes that up, Frank the Tank is going to meet the Murdertank.

Now, Ferrell is in negotiations to star in David Dobkin’s (Wedding Crashers) Neighborhood Watch. It’s about urban guy who moves into a suburban area and gets a overzealous in that typical Farrelian way when he joins the neighborhood watch and uncovers a large conspiracy.

David Dobkin has had his moments, Clay Pigeons and Wedding Crashers. But he’s also responsible for Shanghai Knights and Fred Claus. Mix in a little Will Ferrell, and you have yourself one hell of a crapshoot.

But at least it’s not a one-gag sports movie.

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I'd love to see Ferrell in a few more like Stranger then Fiction but I am pretty much done with the hyped up manic.

Posted by: EricD at May 6, 2009 5:06 PM

I hate this jackass. There are very few "actors" that I find less funny or entertaining. I suffered through Elf at my cousins one holiday as she gushed that it "was just the cutest movie!" Deep fried shit on toast I hated that crap. I should have known, she also wouldn't shut up about how much she loved Forrest Gump. Anyway, I'll go back to ignoring his existance now. Carry on.

Posted by: slower lower at May 6, 2009 5:25 PM

He makes me laugh. I can't help it.

But on a completely related side note, Clay Pigeons was really good!

So I bet I'm in. Especially if The Vaughn is in it.

Posted by: Chickaboom at May 6, 2009 5:43 PM

I want to see his character in Old School meet up with Dwight Schrute. Or his character in Elf, natch.

But I must disclose right here and now that I loved Elf and own it on DVD, so there.

The rest of his stuff I'm sort of meh on, though Stranger Than Fiction was good.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at May 6, 2009 5:44 PM

It’s about urban guy who moves into a suburban area and gets a overzealous in that typical Farrelian way when he joins the neighborhood watch and uncovers a large conspiracy.

So it's a kind of American Hott Fuzz?

Posted by: branded at May 6, 2009 5:46 PM

I still need to get around to reading King Dork. I heart Dr. Frank. Also:
"You're too Dear to put a price on
And when I talk to you,
You're more than Monty Python,
Star Trek or Dr. Who!
You're much more,
than MST3K or D&D, yeah
I'm King Dork and I want you to be with me!"
That song will be in my head all day now. I wonder if I can get it on Itunes...

Posted by: s. pisaster at May 6, 2009 5:49 PM

Hey, I love stupid crap like Airplane and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. I adore musicals and dance movies and am scared shitless of most horror movies. Who's to say? We can't help what we find funny or what annoys the crap out of us. The moral of the story was that I've learned over the years not to watch a movie based on my cousins' recommendation. We have very different tastes.

Posted by: slower lower at May 6, 2009 5:51 PM

The Burbs will still be a better movie than this one.

Ray...This is Walter
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Posted by: badalamenti at May 6, 2009 6:21 PM

Will Ferrell is a great comedic actor, and that's why they're plugged into so many things, because great comedic actors are real rarities. He has unfortunately suffered the same fate as Seth Rogen will inevitably face, because he was so exposed, he became absolutely reviled by some people.

What a cruel world.

Posted by: George at May 6, 2009 6:44 PM

Incidentally, did you know that "Frank the Tank" is a nickname for Frankie Johnas, who is also referred to by The Jonas Lovers as "The Bonus Jonas"?

That's a little factoid that I'd rather not have picked up.

Posted by: agent bedhead at May 6, 2009 6:54 PM

Anchorman WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?!?!?!?

IT. WILL. SUUUUUUUUCK, MASSIVELY.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at May 6, 2009 7:05 PM

Ferell is like 7-up: Never had it, never will.

Posted by: Cindy at May 6, 2009 7:30 PM

Oh, I forgot an "r". Does anyone give a shit?

Posted by: Cindy at May 6, 2009 7:31 PM

Will Ferrell is the man, he brings a unique, badass style of humor. The man's timing is impeccable. Even in Stranger Than Fiction, a movie that was not initially a comedy, he brought a great sense of humor. Fuck the haters.

Posted by: danny at May 6, 2009 7:55 PM

Will Ferrell's only good contribution to society was Anchorman...

Everything else is shit or mediocre in comparison

Posted by: RonnyK at May 6, 2009 11:15 PM

It's "The Burbs".

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Posted by: salawhite at May 7, 2009 9:08 AM

I love Will Farrell unashamedly.

The HBO special hilarious.

Suck it, you haters.

Posted by: wsapnin at May 7, 2009 10:12 AM

I think Will Ferrell is more an astute provocateur but unfortunately, has been paid well for arrested development frat boy humor because well, in part, due to our society's lust for it. He was quietly moving in "Stranger Than Fiction" and bitingly on target with his Broadway (mostly) one-man show skewering Dubya and his criminal administration. Perhaps Mr. Rowles should spend the 120 minutes or so to absorb "that HBO George Bush special" so he could witness keen satire instead of the tired, over-the-top jokes approved by the movie industry.

Posted by: KLS at May 7, 2009 10:30 AM

Ferrell is like Jim Carey 2.0. He has his good efforts (Elf, Anchorman, Old School, Stranger Than Fiction, Ricky Bobby) and his abominations (Semi Pro, Kicking and Screaming, that damn skating movie, Anchorman 2 (trust me)) and suffers horribly from overexposure.

overzealous in that typical Farrelian way

I thought you meant Neighborhood Watch was a Farrelly Bros. comedy for a second, Ace. My mind wandered to a Farrelly/Ferrell combination, which would pin the comedy meter. To which side I'm not sure.

Posted by: ed newman at May 7, 2009 12:20 PM

Actually I think Ed is right. My daughter and I watched Yes, Man (for free from the library), just to see Zooey and decided if they had made this a Will Ferrell vehicle instead of a Jim Carey vehicle, it might have actually been funny because at least there would have been some chemistry between the two lead actors.

Posted by: midfan at May 7, 2009 10:22 PM

The HBO Special is incredibly funny.. if you haven't seen it, I definitely recommend it.

Posted by: legib at May 8, 2009 10:28 AM

Stranger than Fiction sucked. You are probably the same assholes who always talk about how the book is better than the movie.

Posted by: crizza at May 8, 2009 1:20 PM

This guy is the biggest waste of celluloid in the history of movie making.
Drop dead or find another occupation Ferrell. I'm sick and tired of researching every movie I want to see just to make sure you're not in them.

Hollywood, if you have any decency left, please stop putting this asshole in cameo appearances and fucking up movies we pay good money to see.

Posted by: Denn at May 10, 2009 10:04 AM

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