I posted a couple of their parody commercials the other day, and now there’s a full trailer for The Campaign. The premise of Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis battling it out for a southern senate seat (with Jason Sudeikis as Ferrell’s campaign manager) should sound like the best news ever, and it would, except that The Campaign was directed by Jay Roach, who last did Dinner for Schmucks, a comedy so unfunny you’d think no one in the crew spoke English. Check out the trailer below, and see if you can enjoy the natural Ferrell/Galifianakis charm and humor in the face of the poor story choices. HAHA, HIS FAMILY IS FAT! A GOAT LICKED THAT KID’S WIENER! HIS WIENER! A GOAT! CAN YOU THINK OF A WACKIER COMBINATION?!?

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With all the movies about superheroes and aliens and beloved former presidents who fight vampires floating around, The Campaign has sort of flown under the radar. That’s a shame, because it stars Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as two Southern politicians, with Jason Sudeikis in a supporting role, which is like a comedic dream team. It was also written by Shawn Harwell and Chris Henchy, who work together on Eastbound and Down. The bad news? It’s directed by Jay Roach, who had one of the best comedy casts ever assembled in Dinner for Schmucks and still made one of the most painfully unfunny comedies I’ve ever seen. …Game Change kinda sucked too. Also, Will Ferrell seems to be doing his George W. impression the entire time. Hmmm.

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"Hurry! Back to the repetitive joke machine!"

In case The Hangover 2 left you with nagging questions like, “Why does Justin Bartha get the short end of the stick each time?” or “Were there any jokes they didn’t repeat from the first Hangover?” then you are in luck. Warner Bros. is sticking its debit card in the Todd Phillips ATM one more time, because the studio is currently in negotiations with Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis for a third installment of the Wolfpack franchise.

And it looks like the three best friends are about to get paid.

Sources close to the negotiations say Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms are asking for $15 million each (against backend) to reprise their roles, and they now are likely to get it.

That’s a big raise from 2009’s The Hangover, which was made for about $35 million and paid the headliners under $1 million each (Cooper made the most because he had the biggest name recognition at the time). When the R-rated bachelor-party comedy unexpectedly grossed $467 million worldwide, the studio found itself without talent deals for a sequel. Negotiations were heated for The Hangover Part II, released last May, with the three principals each scoring around $5 million, according to a source, plus back-end compensation that raised their haul into the mid-teens (and counting) when the movie grossed $581 million worldwide. (Via The Hollywood Reporter)

First of all, good for them. They deserve to be paid A-list money for a third installment because as you just read, The Hangover movies are cash cows. But let’s not kid ourselves, the only positive outcome of The Hangover 3 is their payday. So let me save Phillips and Co. a little time and make a few bold predictions…

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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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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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