This is the first trailer for The Other Guys, starring Will Ferrell and Marky M. Wahlberg as the black sheep rivals of supercops The Rock and Samuel L. Jackson (they’re cooler because they’re black guys, which is realistic).  It’s directed by Adam McKay, and though some of the lines land with a big, fat thud (“Somebody call nine one holy sh*t,” Uh, okay.), the comedy super cast also includes Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Rob Riggle, and Eva Mendes.  I’m guessing it’ll be like two hours of Funny or Die sketches roughly stitched together like Stepbrothers, and I’m okay with that.  Hey, did I just use the word “super” twice in the same post?  Maybe I shouldn’t have typed this with my pixie wand.

I hope Michael Keaton goes back to doing more comedies, that fargin icehole.

(Wayans reps the west-side shockers while MC Backsweat thumbs his approval)

Hollywood Reporter recently broke the casting news on Will Ferrell/Adam McKay’s The Other Guys, and tucked into a story about the acquisition of Ferrell, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg, and Michael Keaton [HELL YES] was the news that they’d also cast Damon Wayans Jr.  (*RECORD SCRATCH*) I’ll grant you that Damon was easily the funniest Wayans brother, but damn, first nephews, now kids?  And it seems like the further down you go on the Wayans family tree the less funny it gets.  Marlon is to the Wayans clan what the retarded Michael Keaton clone was in Multiplicity.  Luckily, the movie does sound kind of sweet aside from that:

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