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Four Funny Guys Join Ferrell's Race Comedy
by Scott Weinberg | August 12, 2005
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The Hollywood Reporter reports that Will Ferrell's next big comedy will co-star John C. Reilly, Michael Clarke Duncan, Gary Cole, and Sacha Baron ("Ali G") Cohen. The project is a Nascar comedy that's presently untitled, but used to be known as "Talladega Nights."

"The story follows Ricky Bobby (Ferrell), a world-class race car driver and fan favorite. Cohen ... will play Jean Girard, a gay, French Formula One driver who comes to the U.S. to conquer NASCAR and defeat Ferrell. Reilly ... will play Cal Naughton, Ferrell's boyhood friend who together with Ferrell forms "Thunder & Lightning," the most feared racing duo in NASCAR."

Ferrell's frequent collaborator, Adam McKay, is directing and co-writing with the comedian.

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Eros_Amor
Eros_Amor writes:
on Aug 12 2005 07:08 AM

[b]hahahaha[/b]
thunder and lighting...

i can hear the one liners already...

hahaa


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Elessar Oronro
Elessar Oronro writes:
on Aug 13 2005 12:30 PM

Holy crap...It's Anchorman 2. I'm in line already.

I killed a man with a trident.

Yeah...Brick, I've been meaning to talk with you about that. You should probably lay low for awhile. Because you're probably wanted for murder.


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lonechicken
lonechicken writes:
on Aug 15 2005 06:14 AM

No other frat pack stars announced?

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Ashron
Ashron writes:
on Aug 15 2005 07:02 AM

Well, as a native of North Carolina who cares nothing about NASCAR, I can't wait to see what kind of backwoods hicks they make us out to be.

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