Studios Pitched Zach Galifianakis/Will Ferrell/Jay Roach 2012 Political Comedy

COMMENTS (17)

• Certainly to a be a fair and balanced film. yeah right.

  Comment by Horace Ward — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 12:37pm PST  Reply to this post

• …tentatively titled “If a Tree Falls in the Forest: How to Guarantee an Empty Theater”

  Comment by ind — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 12:37pm PST  Reply to this post

• Good God, can you imagine the budget on such a project? Will no doubt be totally over-inflated to cover these boys & they’re massive upfronts and absurd backend deals.

  Comment by Ghn — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 12:39pm PST  Reply to this post

• I know I’m in the minority but I don’t find politics funny at all.

  Comment by Anonymous — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 12:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• Hillary Clinton could be running? For what?

  Comment by CTSadler — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 1:19pm PST  Reply to this post

• Nikki,

  You are one of the absolute best film bloggers out there, but I think it has to be pointed out there is no chance that HIlary Clinton will be running in 2012. Zero.

  This movie sounds interesting. Zach as a politician? I’ll be happy to have him in major comedy role where people are not expected to laugh at his weight/appearance.

  Comment by Taylor Allen — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 1:20pm PST  Reply to this post

  • And I’d only add that Taylor wildly overstates the chances of Clinton running, because there is absolutely NONE. As for Palin, well, she may be around through some primaries. I doubt it – not much money in actually running. But I’d sure like to see her lose… again.

    She may not read, but even she can understand polling (“See, Sarah, it’s like ALL the voters are one whole dollar, and only a dime and some pennies want to actually VOTE for you…”)

    This is one where Taylor and I will be telling Nikki Finke, “TOLDJA!”

    Comment by Comedymaven — Saturday December 4, 2010 @ 1:33am PST  Reply to this post

• Not to make this political, but…that’s the subject here, for once… Re: the suggestion of H. Clinton running? I don’t get it. Are people seriously thinking that Obama won’t run as the incumbent/Dem. candidate…? Hilary wouldn’t run as an Independent, would she?

  Comment by Observer — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 1:26pm PST  Reply to this post

• It’s a shame that the director bringing together those two comedic geniuses is Jay Roach. Damn damn damn.

  Comment by asdff — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 1:36pm PST  Reply to this post

• “To make it more realistic, one of those candidates should be a woman since Sarah Palin or Hillary Clinton could be running…”

  Oh, Nikki, ever the feminist…your Wellsley College roots are showing.

  Comment by Anonymous — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 2:01pm PST  Reply to this post

• Unfortunately, Galifinakis talent is based SOLEY on the fact he’s fat…nothing more!. john belushi he’s not,SOOOO overrated

  Comment by maybe tommorrow — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 2:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• I’m sick of all 3 of them, I wish they would go away. All 3 of them are over rated.

  Comment by Alex — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 3:08pm PST  Reply to this post

• anyone know whose the writer?

  Comment by writer — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 3:31pm PST  Reply to this post

• Umm…don’t think Clinton “could be running” since there is already a demoncratic president in office who will seek re-election

  Comment by Kiss0fdeath — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 8:28pm PST  Reply to this post

• This can only work if Galifinakis is the campaign manager. I don’t see how he can play a presidential candidate. Ferrell will inevitably do his George Bush impression or a variation of it and we’ve already seen that on Saturday Night Live and on Broadway that was great Will’s one man show after Bush left office I saw it on HBO it was brilliant should have won a Tony award. This sounds like it should be a ten minute spoof on Funny or Die.

  Comment by Hillary for President — Friday December 3, 2010 @ 10:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• Zach and Will? Jay Roach? Taking the piss out of smear politics and negative campaigning? Sounds funny. And it’s about time somebody did that, other than The Daily Show and SNL. I’m in.

  Comment by Donk E. Tale — Saturday December 4, 2010 @ 1:12am PST  Reply to this post

• Let’s be clear however, RECOUNT was not a comedy but a tragedy.

  Comment by Scott Arundale — Saturday December 4, 2010 @ 9:10am PST  Reply to this post