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5:48 pm - 04/07/2007

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Will Ferrell working on sports comedy


FLINT, Mich. - Shooting for a new Will Ferrell sports comedy begins in Michigan later this month.

Crews plan location shots this spring for "Semi-Pro," a comedy that stars Ferrell as player, coach and owner of a Flint-based team in the 1970s American Basketball Association who is trying to get into the NBA. The crew has been shooting in Los Angeles since mid-February and plans to move to Michigan for the last week of April and first week of May.

The filmmakers are looking to hire 500 extras for the shoot, said Wendy Washbrook, extras casting director for the Michigan locations. "Just normal people who want to come and work with us and dress in 1970s costumes, or wear a wig and sideburns."

Ferrell's "Blades of Glory" opened at No. 1 at the box office last weekend.

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kaylapoo 8th-Apr-2007 12:00 am (UTC)
hownowbrowncow
maddiemoo 8th-Apr-2007 02:10 am (UTC)
Haha! TheArsonistHasOddlyShapedFeet.
lady_lockhart 8th-Apr-2007 12:00 am (UTC)
Maura Tierney is in this!!

Michigan's so far away though.
missfrecklehead 9th-Apr-2007 05:44 am (UTC)
Seeeriously??? I was going to see it when it comes out for Will Arnett, but my girl crush is also in it?? Psoiked!
steph313 8th-Apr-2007 12:03 am (UTC)
Every movies he does is the same...
steph313 8th-Apr-2007 12:03 am (UTC)
*movie, that is.
sophistiquated 8th-Apr-2007 12:31 am (UTC)
I think the characters are pretty much the same, but whenever he plays a different character (Like in Stranger Than Fiction), those movies don't make as much.

LOVE the icon, that interview was hilarious.
shotgun_sitter 8th-Apr-2007 12:04 am (UTC)
let me guess...will ferrell plays some gross washed up dude who learns a very important life lesson about teamwork.

i'll probably end up seeing it.
xo_soccer9 8th-Apr-2007 12:06 am (UTC)
hahah i saw a picture of him in a magazine today filming. i cannot wait.
invaderscythe 8th-Apr-2007 12:14 am (UTC)
Omg, in Michigan! Where, in Flint?! That's not too far from me. I'd love to be an extra.
invaderscythe 8th-Apr-2007 12:27 am (UTC)
PS If I was in it, I would totally take photos and try to make Will do a photo of the "I love ONTD" :P
xcharmedonex 8th-Apr-2007 12:16 am (UTC)
I hate Will Ferrell movies.
sexyisjulia 8th-Apr-2007 12:23 am (UTC)
i wanna goooooo
imamonsterr 8th-Apr-2007 12:28 am (UTC)
i did it in LA. it was fun to dress up in 70s outfits haha.
famousdeaths 8th-Apr-2007 12:28 am (UTC)
OMG Will Ferrell, go away for awhile, please!
amanda8501 8th-Apr-2007 12:30 am (UTC)
My mom told me I should try to do this....i'm to lazy
callmeatomic 8th-Apr-2007 12:31 am (UTC)
Overload, he's funny but he's going down the Mike Myers road.
malhablada 8th-Apr-2007 12:36 am (UTC)
Haha, I grew up in Flint. I bet they'll be staying in the classiest motel they can find. Probably that place in front of the Elms where everyone goes to bang the ten dollar hooker they buy on Dort Highway.

Flint-town WOOT! I'm so gonna be in this movie.
taryn13 8th-Apr-2007 01:04 am (UTC)
really? im from saginaw
ally_04729 10th-Apr-2007 08:20 am (UTC)
HA! That is so so true!
recycleanimals 8th-Apr-2007 12:51 am (UTC)
What's with all the obscure Will Ferrell sports movies?
24thmystery 8th-Apr-2007 01:02 am (UTC)
extras casting michigan WHAT?

where in michigan?

invaderscythe 8th-Apr-2007 01:49 am (UTC)
I think in Flint, though it doesn't say where. I live like 30 or 40 minute from Flint.
sweet_tink 8th-Apr-2007 01:58 am (UTC)
Applicants may send a photograph and contact information to: Wendy Washbrook/Extras Casting, "Semi-Pro," c/o L.A. Center Studios, 1201 W. 5th St., Suite M310, Los Angeles, CA 90017

I found that on the WXYZ site.
healthypanda 8th-Apr-2007 01:22 am (UTC)
I saw some of Blades of Glory online and was so disappointed. I love Will Ferrell so I blame it on the writing and the fact that Jon Heder can never get away from his Napoleon Dynamite character. All Will Ferrell has to do is breathe and I start laughing.
ev1lkitkat 8th-Apr-2007 02:09 am (UTC)
Is Will Ferrell going to make a movie about every sport?
pandaklr 8th-Apr-2007 02:33 am (UTC)
or every career? i love him, but i guess it's his schtick
icequeen1502 8th-Apr-2007 03:23 am (UTC)
YES. Flint is only like an hour away from me! I AM SO THERE.
cdsdralion 8th-Apr-2007 04:24 am (UTC)
I pretty much hate his movies, but it could be fun...
krztn 8th-Apr-2007 05:07 am (UTC)
I live in Flint. My boyfriend and I might try to do it.
letterstoyou_ 8th-Apr-2007 06:24 am (UTC)
I went to the shoot in Los Angeles. They were filming this stunt shot where he rollerskates down a ramp onto a basketball court! weird
newyorkmoonlite 8th-Apr-2007 03:36 pm (UTC)
Of all places in Michigan, why Flint? A two hour drive is too far for me...
claire_noel 9th-Apr-2007 06:14 am (UTC)
HOLY TORNADO!!
oh_the_ironing 9th-Apr-2007 03:51 pm (UTC)
Saw him at the Master's on Saturday. His hair is completely out of control. Full blown afro. He signed autographs for a ton of kids and was pretty much just being a decent guy.
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