Still from ‘Firehouse Dads’

Word from Variety is that Vince Vaughn will following his starring turns in The Internship, Delivery Man, and Business Trip by co-starring with Will Ferrell in Daddy’s Home. Dammit, you know what this means?! It means we were wrong about Vince Vaughn’s next film again! We pride ourselves on being able to come up with Vince Vaughn vehicles at the drop of a hat. Previously, our suggestions included:

Campus Cops
Seat Fillers
Brewery Tour
Campsite Crashers (aka Ranger Dad)
Firehouse Dad
Cold Callers
The Podcast
Casual Friday
Resident Dadvisor
Grillmasters
The Expense Account
Rave Dudes
Busmen
Adult Kickball
Backpackers
Party Bus Drivers
Online Daters
The Car Pool
Valets
Booze Cruise
Hostel Crashers
Alumni Weekend
Bed and Breakfast Bros
Groupon Getaway
Daytona Dads

What, not good enough for you, Hollywood? This is bullshit.

Will Ferrell has been attached to star for some time with Etan Cohen directing. Ferrell and Adam McKay are producing for Gary Sanchez productions.
The story follows a mild mannered radio exec, played by Ferrell, whose life gets chaotic when his wife’s ex-husband, played by Vaughn, re-enters the picture and he must compete to vie for his step-children’s affections.
Cohen, Brian Burns, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy are writing the script.
The film has been set up at Paramount for some time while the script was being done. The idea is for Vaughn to do this film before jumping into New Regency’s comedy “Business Trip” which he signed on to last month. [Variety]

Ah, the old two-guys-trying-to-one-up-each-other plot. Basically, The Campaign, but with Vince Vaughn instead of Zach Galifianakis, and children instead of voters. I’ll say this, the world would be a better place if people in the real world cared that much about the affections of the their stepchildren. I wrote a more realistic version of this story and it was just called “Shut Up, Stupid.”

If the cast and crew of Anchorman: The Legend Continues are trying to keep the film’s incredible and ever-increasing number of cameos by famous actors and celebrities under wraps, they’re doing a horrible job. As the sequel to the classic Will Ferrell comedy is filming in Atlanta, photos and reports of cameo after cameo are popping up on the Internet and it’s only a matter of time before… yep, now I’m in Anchorman 2 also.

But the latest cameo being reported by Access Atlanta is a little more surprising than Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Sacha Baron Cohen. Namely because this one isn’t a comedy actor. Hell, he’s not even an actor at all. Can you guess who it is? Wrong, it’s not Chet Haze, despite my demands. But that’s pretty close…

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Tag is a children’s game in which you run around trying to touch each other. Add booze and it’s called “adulthood.” But a couple of dorks from eastern Washington still prefer the retro version, and now Will Ferrell and Jack Black have signed on to do a movie about them, called “Tag Brothers.” So we’re giving these guys movies instead of ass kickings now? What a world.

Will Ferrell and Jack Black are attached to star in “Tag Brothers,” a pitch based on a recent Wall Street Journal article that was just snapped up in a major bidding war by New Line Cinema.
Ferrell and Black’s future involvement is contingent on the screenplay, which will be written by Mark Steilen, who previously directed “Wieners” and “The Settlement.”
Steilen previously wrote the family comedy “Time Share” for Sony and Will Smith’s company Overbrook Entertainment, as well as the rock ‘n roll movie “Born to Rock,” which is in active development at Paramount. [TheWrap]

From the Wall Street Journal article:

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Hot off the presses comes the news that Harrison Ford, who once played a crotchedy news anchor in that one movie about

Ford will play a legendary newscaster a la Tom Brokaw in the Adam McKay-helmed comedy, which begins shooting this month in Atlanta. [THR]

Pretty much every comedy actor you’d ever heard of at the time had at least a cameo in Anchorman, and the sequel adds to the originals Kristen Wiig, as Brick Tamlan’s wife, James Marsden, who won me over on 30 Rock, as a “hot young anchor,” and now Harrison Ford. And supposedly they’re trying to get Jeff Bridges to play a “Ted Turner-esque character.”

We could spend all day discussing the inherent difficulties in trying to recapture the magic of a beloved comedy classic (Caddyshack 2 anyone? The Austin Powers sequels?), but I’d much rather spend this time speculating about what Harrison Ford’s character’s name will be. Ron Bergundy, Veronica Corningstone, Brick Tamlan, Wes Mantooth – the best thing about Anchorman was the names. What could Harrison Ford’s character’s name be? We’ve compiled a list of possibilities:

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Last night, someone named jetzzfan Tweeted that Will Ferrell was ushering a Lakers game, and that his name tag read “Ted Vagina.” Since I am a very serious journalist, I waited until this story had been confirmed by multiple sources (Deadspin, TMZ) and verified with pictures. In J-school, they call this the “pics or it didn’t happen rule,” and it’s printed on the inside of your blogging blazer.

The old style of fake name was a clever play on words, like Amanda Hugginkiss or Harry Johnson. These days it’s funnier eschew the pretense altogether, and go with something blatant, like Ted Vagina, or Chad Farthouse, or Reggie Hugewiener. Anyway, no one seems to know from whence Ted Vagina came or why, only that he escorted Shaquille O’Neal from the game at one point. Both Adam McKay and Judd Apatow tweeted the event as it was happening (both accounts from that jetzzfan guy, who only has 117 followers). Draw your own conclusions from that. At this point, it could be a movie-related stunt, or just Will Ferrell funnin’ around, which is more fun. In the business, we call this the “maybe someone else will know” rule. When he showed up at a minor league baseball game as “Rojo Johnson,” it seemed to be related to Casa De Mi Padre. Whereas his more recent Tim & Eric-ish Old Milwaukee ads appear to be something he does just because.

All I know is, last time I got expelled by a Vagina, I was crying hysterically and covered in poop and blood (*swings invisible golf club*).

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