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Johnny Depp is Hollywood’s most overpaid actor for the second year running

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2016 hasn’t been the greatest of years for Johnny Depp both personally and professionally, and now he’s rounded out the year by being named by Forbes as the most overpaid actor in Hollywood for the second year running. Forbes calculates its list by working out how much studios have earned in return for every dollar paid […]

Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actors Are Exactly Who You’d Expect

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at a list of actors who aren’t providing much bang for their buck… Even a person who only vaguely keeps up with film news could have had a decent guess at who would make the top ten most overpaid actors list, which was revealed by Forbes magazine a few days […]

Holmes & Watson adds Rebecca Hall, Kelly Macdonald and more to cast

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It’s been known for a few months now that Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly will appear onscreen together in starring roles for the first time since 2008’s Step Brothers for 2018’s comedic Sherlock Holmes adaptation, Holmes & Watson, but now, according to Deadline, Sony and the creative team behind the picture are beginning to round […]

Ralph Fiennes and Hugh Laurie join Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in Holmes and Watson

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THR is reporting that Ralph Fiennes and Hugh Laurie have signed on to the cast of Holmes and Watson, the latest collaboration between Talladega Nights and Step Brothers stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Details of Fiennes and Laurie’s characters are being kept under wraps, but the site reports that the duo “will slip […]

HBO orders new political series from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay

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Hoping to continue their fruitful run of original series, HBO has ordered a new political drama from Will Ferrell and The Big Short’s Adam McKay. Given a 10 episode series order, the show which is titled Succession will be a political drama about the saga of The Roys, a fictional family that owns an American […]

Will Ferrell drops out of indie comedy Captain Dad days before production starts

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Deadline is reporting that Will Ferrell has dropped out of writer-director Sebastian Silva’s indie comedy Captain Dad, mere days before production was due to begin. The project, which had been due to start production on September 26th, “chronicles an increasingly disastrous family vacation sailboat trip through the Caribbean” and has both Michael Cera and Catherine […]

Will Ferrell, Catherine Keener and Michael Cera join Captain Dad

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Deadline is reporting that Will Ferrell has signed on to appear in the vacation comedy Captain Dad alongside Catherine Keener and Michael Cera. The project follows “Rich Peelman (Ferrell), who gives his wife Linda (Keener) the gift of a lifetime for her birthday: a trip through the Caribbean on a sailboat with all six of their […]

UPDATE: Will Ferrell to play Ronald Reagan in political satire

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He’s played George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live, and now Will Ferrell is set to portray another American president, with Variety reporting that he will take on the role of Ronald Reagan in the politcal satire Reagan. Based on the Black List script from Mike Rosolio, Reagan “begins at the start of the ex-president’s […]

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg re-teaming for Daddy’s Home 2

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Deadline is reporting today that Paramount Pictures has announced a sequel to the hit comedy Daddy’s Home, which will reunite all the team behind the original. Daddy’s Home was released in December last year and went on to gross over $240 million at the worldwide box-office. For the sequel, stars Will Ferrell (Anchorman) and Mark […]