Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan In New Will Ferrell Wedding Comedy

Over the past decade or so, Hollywood has had two surefire hit titans rule its comedy box office with an iron first, as Judd Apatow and Will Ferrell have launched a new generation of stars for their dude-driven goofball laughers. Now, in a brand new decade, it seems as if the two will be looking to shift over and utilize the talents of a growing legion of leading funny ladies.

As Apatow's Kristen Wiig-led, women-centric marriage comedy "Bridesmaids," approaches its release date, Ferrell is in the midst of creating his own entry into the genre. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrell and longtime collaborator Adam McKay are putting together a film tentatively titled "The Bachelorette," about three women who come back to their hometown to be bridesmaids for a girl they called "Pigface" in high school.

Thus far, Ferrell and McKay have landed some major talent for the film, as Kirsten Dunst and Lizzy Caplan have signed on to play two of the three bridesmaids. Adding to the funny: Adam Scott, Caplan's love interest in their cult classic show "Party Down," will play Caplan's high school crush.

With a micro-budget of just a few million dollars, the film will be Ferrell's latest indie-focused effort. As financing has dried up for his big budget box office comedy smashes, he's taken on smaller projects, such as his new dramedy "Everything Must Go" and Spanish-language romp, "Casa de Mi Padre."

Major studios have gotten so tight with their money, Ferrell said last week, that he can't even get financing for a followup to his worldwide smash "Anchorman."

"'Anchorman 2,' you'd have to really assert some kind of email hate campaign to Paramount picture because they've told us, quote unquote, 'We've run the numbers and it's not a good fit,'" Ferrell told an audience of journalists while promoting "Everything Must Go."

For more on the new film, click over to The Hollywood Reporter.

Comments

[sportwarrior]

03:26 AM on 05/04/2011

Love Lizzy Caplan. Amazingly hot, amazingly funny.

[EricBishop]

09:50 PM on 05/03/2011

Paramount needs to get their heads out of their a$$es and let Ferrell & Co do Anchorman 2 on their own. Those guys could churn it out in a month for

[UniversalStop]

02:18 PM on 05/03/2011

Lizzy Caplan is ridiculously underrated. We need more of her on the big screen.

We also need that Party Down movie to get made, stat.

[BlackJAC]

03:19 PM on 05/03/2011

Ever see her first show The Pitts?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrINPOeXFg

[EricBishop]

09:43 PM on 05/03/2011

Underrated? You need to start running in some new circles. Lizzy Caplan is the bomb according to everyone I know.

It seems like Party Down will almost be better in movie format.

[businesshugs]

11:24 AM on 05/03/2011

Caplan...sorry!

[Elizabeth Champion]

11:24 AM on 05/03/2011

YES!!! Lizzy Caplan and Adam Scott, together again!!!!

[businesshugs]

11:23 AM on 05/03/2011

I love Lizzy Kaplan! She was awesome on Party Down

[Bruce Forbes]

07:57 AM on 05/03/2011

I love both of these actresses.

[pfer]

07:23 AM on 05/03/2011

Ohhhh.... kinda a misleading headline....

[rodneyachance]

10:09 AM on 05/03/2011

Yeah, I preferred the original headline about "Will Ferrell tapping" these two. I'd actually buy tickets to see him on that.