Have y’all seen this?
Columbia, SC (WLTX) — The national spotlight will shine on South Carolina politics again, but this time, it’s all in good fun.
Some of the funniest men in Hollywood right now are teaming up to poke fun at politics and The Palmetto State.
Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis will start shooting on their new film “Southern Rivals” this fall. It’s about two southern policiticians in a small district in South Carolina who are competing for the same spot.
Jay Roach, known for directing “Austin Powers” and “Meet the Parents,” will direct the film. The movie is expected to be released right before the 2012 election.
Yeah, Will Ferrell seems about our speed. I hope it’s more like “Old School” (and what could be more old school than SC politics) than “Semi-Pro”…
But it seems like they would have wanted me after seeing my performance in this…
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I say Courteney Cox Arquette for Nikki, and David (“Sex Addict”) Duchovny for Sanford. Brian Dennehy as Jakie Knotts, Steve Carell as Andre Bauer and Steven Weber as Brad (“Radio Star”) Warthen.
If they can’t get Courteney, Calista (“I’m Not Anorexic”) Flockhart would be a fair second choice.
I had to look up Steven Weber. Yeah, I guess that’s OK…
Brian Dennehy would be awesome as Jake. But for Andre you want Jeff Gordon, in his big screen debut…
But would you be willing to run down the street in your tighty whiteys or naked like seems to be written into every Will Farrell movie?
The only people that think Andre’ Bauer looks like Jeff Gordon is Andre’ Bauer.
With a bit of “Talladega Nights” thrown in, no doubt.
I like Kathryn’s casting…here’s hoping Tina Fey (if she’s having her baby in time) can do a cameo as Palin swooping in to endorse one of the candidates…
Of course this film probably is not going to be actually filmed here, right, since Sanford pulled the plug on some of those film incentives.
Fitting that Zach G is in this movie: North Carolina is still trying to repair its national image from the damage done to it by the man who came from behind to beat his uncle for the US Senate forty years ago.
Can we get Tina Fey to play Nikki Haley? Tina does Sarah Palin better than Sarah Palin, so I imagine that Tina would do a great job impersonating Nikki Haley.
Good thought on Tina. She’s great. If she’s not available, how about Katy Perry? Not that she’s talented or anything, but I saw her on a video when I was in England, and it made an impression…
It’s not that I go around watching Katy Perry videos, but… here’s what happened. We were in this ethnic sort of restaurant — Greek, I think — in the Swiss Cottage area of London, and there was this family group over at another table… two or three women, a couple of kids. They had something to do with the management of the place, because people from the kitchen kept joining them and leaving. There was a lot of coming and going, with the men associated with the group spending most of their time outside at a sidewalk table smoking and talking men talk, leaving the women to take care of the kids. At one point, the women left to run an errand — buying something for the restaurant, and left the little boy, who was 8 or 9, watching the baby.
Anyway, at some point when the adults were still around my wife noted the little boy was staring at this video, which was on a flat-panel TV on the wall, and that none of the adults seemed to think that was inappropriate.
So I looked to see what the little boy was staring at — just so I could assess the situation, you understand — and THAT’S why I saw Katy Perry naked.
Not my fault.
Yeah, I guess that’s more information than you needed. Who brought up Katy Perry anyway?…
… which gives me another idea… Snoop Dogg could play Alvin Greene.
“Snoop Doggy Dogg… need to get a jobby-job…“
Oh, and Steven — speaking of traveling about, several years ago I was in a supermarket in Carlisle, PA, and saw a life-sized cardboard cutout next to a display (of what, I forget), and thought, “Why is there a cardboard cutout of Andre Bauer in a grocery store in Pennsylvania?”
It was Jeff Gordon. So count me among those who think he looks like him.
More on the uncanny resemblance front: Has anyone noticed that Mullins McLeod’s wife is a dead ringer for Jeff Gordon’s wife?
Amazing…
Yea, Katy Perry! BTW, that’s was a video to watch.
Andre totes looks like Jeff Gordon, but Carell could capture his goofy “appeal” better, methinks.
Tina Fey can do Palin preggers–since Trig and Sanford overlap….
What “small district” will play background to this movie? The possibilities are almost endless…
Brad– Only you know what the wives both Mullins McLeod and Jeff Gordon look like.