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Anchorman
Release Date: July 9th, 2004
Cast: Will Ferrell (Ron Burgundy), Christina Applegate (Veronica Corningstone), Fred Armisen, Steve Carell (Brick Tamland), Kevin Corrigan (Paul Hauser), Chuck D, David Koechner (Champ Kind), Chris Parnell (Garth Holliday), Stephen Root (Vince Masters), Paul Rudd (Brian Fantana), Maya Rudolph (Deedra X), Vince Vaughn (Wes Mantooth), Fred Willard (Ed Harken), Dave Allen, Jack Black (cameo), Chad Everett (Jess Moondragon), Kathryn Hahn (Helen), Jay Johnston, Justin Long (Chris Harken), Tim Robbins (cameo), Ben Stiller (cameo), Tara Subkoff (Sandra), Paul F. Tompkins, Chris Williams (Rashad Harris)
Premise: Set in 1970s Portland, this is the story of local TV anchorman Ron Burgundy (Ferrell), god's gift to the ladies and the area's most respected reader of the teleprompter of the news fit to be known, who finds his position challenged by an ambitious female newscaster who, unlike Ron, actually knows something about journalism.

Here's how DreamWorks puts it:

"[Ron Burgundy (Ferrell) is] the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the '70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Applegate), Ron is willing to play along at first-as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other "female" interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it's more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons...it's war."

Bewitched
Release Date: July 8th, 2005

Cast: Nicole Kidman (Samantha Stephens), Will Ferrell (Darrin Stephens), Shirley MacLaine (Endora) (in talks), Michael Caine (Maurice) (in talks); other cast not announced yet.

Premise: Samantha (Kidman) seemed like the perfect girl when Darrin Stephens (Carrey; in talks) married her; perfectly normal, too. What he discovers on their wedding night, however, is that Samantha had to keep a secret from him until then, a fairly dark secrect, which is that she is really a witch from a long lineage and extended family of witches. Witch law forbids them from marrying regular people, but Samantha loved Darrin so much that she went ahead and did it anyway. Now, Samantha and Darrin are faced with the challenge of settling down and having a "perfectly normal" life together, even as both Samantha's meddling mother, Endora, and her other relatives, as well as Samantha's own natural predilection to occasionally still use magic, get in their way...

I've received a tip from a reliable source that this film's premise may in fact *not* be as direct an adaptation of the original series as previously thought, and yet... it will be even more so in a way! Why? My tipster says the current script portrays Samantha as a witch from another magical world who comes to Earth to escape the bother of her family. Once here, she gets a job as an actress and lands a job on, of all things, a TV sitcom about a witch who falls in love with a mortal man, Darrin Stephens (who, of course, is also played by an actor). If this is indeed the direction Sony goes, this is going to be a TV-show-within-a-movie-based-on-nearly-that-very-same-TV-show! Wow, what a concept!

Curious George
Release Date: November 4th, 2005
Cast: Will Ferrell (The Man in the Yellow Hat); other voice cast not announced yet.
Based Upon: This movie is based upon the children's book character "Curious George" featured in a series of popular books by the husband-wife team of Margaret Rey and H.A. Rey. This project has been in development at Imagine Pictures for a long time, dating back at least as long ago as 1992 (and possibly way before then).
Premise: While visiting Africa, a man (Ferrell) who wears a yellow hat accidentally adopts a clumsy and mischievous (as well as curious!) chimpanzee named George, bringing him back to America to live with him. The Man in the Yellow Hat soon discovers that George, as adorable as he is *most* of the time, can be a real handful when the Man turns his back or leaves the house, as George's curiousity causes him to get into a series of predicaments and shenanigans!

August Blowout
Release Date: Unknown; that will depend upon when (if) filming actually does get started.
Cast: Will Ferrell (Jeff Tanner); other cast not annouced yet.
Premise: This is the story of a cocky car salesman named Jeff Tanner (Ferrell) desperate to make his sales quota during his dealership's annual August clearance sale

Confederacy of Dunces
Release Date: TBA 2004/2005
Cast: Will Ferrell, Olympia Dukakis, Drew Barrymore, Lily Tomlin, Mos Def
Premise: Ignatius J. Reilly is 30 years old and lives at home with his mother in New Orleans. When he's not working on a writing project, he's complaining about virtually everything and insulting everyone, to the point that he alienates all those around him. Eventually, when left with no other options, he has to find a job. This film adaptation of the John Kennedy Toole novel has been rumored for years, but it now looks to be under way at Miramax. The author never lived to see the book's publication; he committed suicide in 1969. The book went on to win the Pulitzer Prize.

Winter Passing

Release Date: TBA 2004

Cast: Ed Harris, Will Ferrell, Zooey Deschanel, Amelia Warner

Premise: A reclusive novelist (Ed Harris) hasn't seen his daughter (Zooey Deschanel) in years. When she returns home after the long absence, she finds a house full of strangers, including a wandering loner (Will Ferrell) and one of her father's ex-students (Amelia Warner).

Untitled Woody Allen Fall Project

Release Date: TBA 2004

Cast: Radha Mitchell, Chloë Sevigny, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Will Ferrell, Amanda Peet, Zak Orth, Wallace Shawn, Gene Saks, Brooke Smith, Vanessa Shaw

Premise: Like all of Woody Allen's projects, nobody is leaking any title or plot details until filming is wrapped.

Untitled Will Ferrell - Jack Black Cop Comedy

Release Date: TBA 2004

Cast: Will Ferrell, Jack Black

Premise: Will Ferrell plays a cop who moves from Irvine, Calif., to Los Angeles because his hometown doesn't have enough crime. Jack Black will co-star as a young law enforcer from a family of cops who unfortunately doesn't quite have what it takes to follow in his forefathers' footsteps.

Untitled Will Ferrell Soccer Comedy

Release Date: TBA 2004

Cast: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall

Premise: Will Ferrell stars as a father who's coaching his son's soccer team and who has to compete against the team his dad (the superstar coach of kids' soccer) supervises.

The Salesman

Release Date: TBA 2004

Cast: Will Ferrell

Premise: Will Ferrell will play a stereo salesman who just can't stop lying in this new comedy. Eventually, his lies catch up to him, and he's reduced to living with his parents; he's also engaged to two woman because he can't bear to tell either of them the truth. When a new girl arrives in the salesman's life, though, she teaches him to change his ways.

Get Smart

Release Date: TBA 2004

Cast: Will Ferrell

Premise: In this adaptation of the '60s television spy comedy, Will Ferrell is set to play bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart.

The Wendell Baker Story

Release Date: TBA 2004

Cast: Kris Kristofferson , Harry Dean Stanton , Owen Wilson , Will Ferrell , Eddie Griffin , Eva Mendes , Luke Wilson

Premise: In his debut as a writer-director, Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend (Eva Mendes) as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption. Owen Wilson co-stars as the head nurse. Will Ferrell also appears.

Old School 2

Release Date: TBA 2004/2005

Cast: Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn

Premise: This sequel to the comedy hit Old School, will see the first film's three main characters - Mitch (Luke Wilson), Frank (Will Ferrell), and Beanie (Vince Vaughn) - head to Daytona Beach, Fla., for spring break.