Post by WilsonFreak on Apr 23, 2005 18:16:48 GMT -5
OMG!! I've probably mentioned on this board how much I Love that old dinosaur show Land of the Lost. Well, take a gander at this!!!!!!!!!! Will Ferrell, bless his heart, is going to star in a new Land of the Lost movie!!!
In, I think it was Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Will played a U.S. Marshall named...............just like the family in Land of the Lost............Marshall Willanholly. (the kids were Will and Holly and Rick Marshall was the Dad.) So, obviously, Will has a love of Land of the Lost also. Here is the article. Yay!!!
Look at this!
The LOTL movie by Universal will star Will Farrell.
There is going to be an increase in interest in LOTL!
Think Will Farell will play the role of Rick Marshall?
or will a new character be created for him?
--Eric
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story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/film_ferrell_dc
Ferrell Going Back in Time for Universal's 'Lost'
Sat Apr 23,10:34 AM ET
By Liza Foreman LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -
After playing an elf and an anchorman on the big
screen,
Will Ferrell is venturing into "Land of the Lost" for
Universal.
The "Saturday Night Live" alumnus is attached to star
in a
"Land of the Lost" comedy feature based on the 1974-77
television series of the same name.
Universal acquired the feature rights from Sid and
Marty
Krofft, executive producers of the original NBC
series,
who will produce the feature for the studio. Jimmy
Miller
and Julie Wixson-Darmody also will produce via the
Mosaic
Media Group banner.
Adam McKay, a former "SNL" writer who directed Ferrell
in
"Anchorman," is attached to direct, with Chris Henchy
and
Dennis McNicholas signing on to adapt the screenplay.
The series revolved around forest ranger Rick Marshall
and
his children, Will and Holly, who are caught in a time
vortex while rafting on the Colorado River and
transported
to a mysterious world populated by dinosaurs. The
feature
film will be an update of the series, which is due out
on
DVD this month.
Ferrell, currently onscreen in Woody Allen's "Melinda
and
Melinda," will next be seen in Universal's comedy
"Kicking
& Screaming" and will star opposite Nicole Kidman in
this
summer's "Bewitched." He is playing Franz Liebkind in
the
film version of Mel Brooks' Broadway hit "The
Producers,"
to be released domestically by Universal on Dec. 21.
The Kroffts are behind such TV projects as "Lidsville,
"The Bay City Rollers Show," "The Brady Bunch Hour,"
"Donny and Marie," "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell
Sisters" and "H.R. Pufnstuf," which Universal also
made
into a feature film.
Henchy has written for numerous television series,
including "Spin City" and "Entourage," and was the
creator
of the series "Battery Park" and "I'm With Her."
McNicholas
formerly was a head writer on "SNL" and is writing the
feature
film "The Party," with Jay Roach attached to direct.
McKay, who co-wrote "Anchorman" with Ferrell and did a
rewrite on "Bewitched," is directing the action-comedy
feature "Talladega Nights," which he will co-write
with Ferrell.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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In, I think it was Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Will played a U.S. Marshall named...............just like the family in Land of the Lost............Marshall Willanholly. (the kids were Will and Holly and Rick Marshall was the Dad.) So, obviously, Will has a love of Land of the Lost also. Here is the article. Yay!!!
Look at this!
The LOTL movie by Universal will star Will Farrell.
There is going to be an increase in interest in LOTL!
Think Will Farell will play the role of Rick Marshall?
or will a new character be created for him?
--Eric
=======================================
story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/film_ferrell_dc
Ferrell Going Back in Time for Universal's 'Lost'
Sat Apr 23,10:34 AM ET
By Liza Foreman LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -
After playing an elf and an anchorman on the big
screen,
Will Ferrell is venturing into "Land of the Lost" for
Universal.
The "Saturday Night Live" alumnus is attached to star
in a
"Land of the Lost" comedy feature based on the 1974-77
television series of the same name.
Universal acquired the feature rights from Sid and
Marty
Krofft, executive producers of the original NBC
series,
who will produce the feature for the studio. Jimmy
Miller
and Julie Wixson-Darmody also will produce via the
Mosaic
Media Group banner.
Adam McKay, a former "SNL" writer who directed Ferrell
in
"Anchorman," is attached to direct, with Chris Henchy
and
Dennis McNicholas signing on to adapt the screenplay.
The series revolved around forest ranger Rick Marshall
and
his children, Will and Holly, who are caught in a time
vortex while rafting on the Colorado River and
transported
to a mysterious world populated by dinosaurs. The
feature
film will be an update of the series, which is due out
on
DVD this month.
Ferrell, currently onscreen in Woody Allen's "Melinda
and
Melinda," will next be seen in Universal's comedy
"Kicking
& Screaming" and will star opposite Nicole Kidman in
this
summer's "Bewitched." He is playing Franz Liebkind in
the
film version of Mel Brooks' Broadway hit "The
Producers,"
to be released domestically by Universal on Dec. 21.
The Kroffts are behind such TV projects as "Lidsville,
"The Bay City Rollers Show," "The Brady Bunch Hour,"
"Donny and Marie," "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell
Sisters" and "H.R. Pufnstuf," which Universal also
made
into a feature film.
Henchy has written for numerous television series,
including "Spin City" and "Entourage," and was the
creator
of the series "Battery Park" and "I'm With Her."
McNicholas
formerly was a head writer on "SNL" and is writing the
feature
film "The Party," with Jay Roach attached to direct.
McKay, who co-wrote "Anchorman" with Ferrell and did a
rewrite on "Bewitched," is directing the action-comedy
feature "Talladega Nights," which he will co-write
with Ferrell.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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