With Casa de mi Padre set to hit theaters on March 16, Will Ferrell is currently in New Orleans working on his latest movie, Dog Fight. The first image was released last week (via NOLA Films) so now we can all start getting really excited about it, because LOOK! HE HAS FUNNY HAIR! And there’s Jason Sudeikis! Warm up the message boards, folks, because we have speculating to do.

Ferrell plays a South Carolina politician with presidential ambitions, but he’s locked in a heated rivalry with a fellow statesman played by Zach Galifianakis. I assume there will be hijinks when the two try to derail each other’s campaigns, and I’m guessing a lot of yelling of the shirtless variety. Dog Fight also stars Jason Sudeikis, who is currently playing the role of “The Luckiest Bastard Alive” in Olivia Wilde’s bedroom, as well as Dylan McDermott, Brian Cox, John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd, who was apparently able to pry himself away from his current Happy Madison obligations.

The film is scheduled for the convenient election season release date of August 10.

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Today brings us (thanks to IMPA) a new poster for the Will Ferrell-and-Adam-McKay-produced Spanglish comedy, Casa De Mi Padre. They promise it will be “The funniest movie you’ll ever read,” which is a bold statement, considering Schindler’s List also had subtitles (*slide whistle, banana peel*). Anyway, I just checked my sweatpants, and yup, I’ve still got a big boner for this. Though I confess, I’m probably the ideal audience. My stepdad is Mexican, and my high school was 70-some percent Mexican, so I feel like I know all of their secrets. I’m basically the Mexican whisperer. And there are few things I’d enjoy more than Will Ferrell mocki– er, celebrating their culture for 90 minutes.

Casa De Mi Padre opens March 16th, which leaves plenty of time to add in more Cholombian sideburns. (It already has pointy boots, thankfully).

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I’m sick of these movies coming out with new trailers on Friday afternoon. That’s daddy’s “wanking and crying” time! Anyway, I cleaned the lotion off my hands just long enough to post this new trailer and posters for Casa De Mi Padre, the Spanish-language comedy from Gary Sanchez productions opening in March. It’s about as funny as you would imagine (Will Ferrell speaking broken Spanish in a faux-telenovela is about as close to a golden concept as you’re going to get), and it’s got Ron Swanson, every internet dork’s newest boyfriend (not that I’m disagreeing). My only criticisms are, in order of importance:

• NO DANNY TREJO?!?! ARE JU KEEDEEN ME, PUTO?

• Nice job on the pointy boots, but needs more Cholombian Sideburns

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I know that for people who don’t enjoy Tim and Eric, Tim and Eric are basically the antichrist. So to those people, go grab a bagel or something, and meet us back here in an hour. For the rest of us…. EEEEEEEEEEEEE! Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie has a trailer. Me too much excited for write. Here, make bullet point list:

• Robert Loggia cutting off an old lady’s finger
• “Chef Goldblum”
• Dick forehead (James Franco may sue)
• Guy exploding a la Brian De Palma’s The Fury (aka the best scene of all time)
• Taquito!!
• Shrim

That’s right, some of the best selling points for Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar movie include “taquito” and “shrim,” and I’m not going to try to defend that at all. This looks awesome.

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Holy crap - is that Bad Ass Billy Gunn?

This news is a few days old, but it’s developing quickly and we had a little too much moonshine at the Uproxx Weiner Eating Contest so you’ll deal with it. Adam McKay has decided that instead of just producing Will Ferrell’s next project, Three Mississippi, he’s going to direct it with the hopes of again capitalizing off of the successful chemistry between Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, as the two will star as rivals from different families that gather annually for a tackle football game.

The ensemble comedy’s script comes from 30 Rock executive producer Robert Carlock and Friends executive producer Scott Silveri. It follows two neighboring families as they do battle in an annual Thanksgiving game of front-lawn tackle football that’s grown increasingly nasty over the years. (Friends fans may recall a similarly intense Thanksgiving-set football happening.)

McKay had already been aboard the project as a producer, but told EW that he wasn’t planning on directing it. Now we hear he’s making it his next project, and that Warners hopes to have it in theaters come next Thanksgiving. (Vulture)

The name of this film was originally Turkey Bowl, but they presumably changed it because Kevin Smith just released his own film called Turkey Bowl, and I assume it’s about a 12-layered dish that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Three Mississippi will also star Alec Baldwin as Wahlberg’s father and I’m sure they’ll have someone equally established as Ferrell’s father, a la James Caan or Robert Duvall. In fact, I’ll predict that Ferrell’s father is either Robert DeNiro or Clint Eastwood, unless he’d like to leave Pink Cadillac as his final comedic performance. And I’m sure they’ll have some hot actresses playing their wives, adorable and quirky children, hilarious cameos, funny accents, loud shouting, and I’ll ultimately leave this movie thinking, “How the hell is it so difficult for you, Sandler?”