After working with John C. Reilly in the forthcoming “Cedar Rapids,” Ed Helms is getting ready to star alongside the other “Step Brother” Will Ferrell.
Both actors are now on board the comedy “Daddy’s Home” written by the shit hot scribe Etan Cohen. The writer has been on a tear lately turning in scripts for “Tropic Thunder” and “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” and earned studio attention by penning buzz worthy scripts for “Men In Black 3″ and the gestating Will Ferrell/Sacha Baron Cohen “Sherlock Holmes” project (though kinda have a hunch after the success of Guy Ritchie’s films their comedy version isn’t gonna happen anytime soon). Anyway, his latest to get approval from both stars and suits is pretty straight forward: “a woman marries a wild guy (Ferrell), but tires of his man-child ways after they have kids, divorces him, and marries a bland but stable spouse (Helms). When Ferrell comes back into her life to bond with their kids, he turns the new household upside down.” Basically, its like Cohen took the Frank “The Tank” storyline of “Old School” and spun it into its own film. Not a bad idea, really.
Free Radio is improvised comedy that chronicles the Cinderella story of one dim-witted intern, Lance (played by Lance Krall) who answers his call to greatness by jumping in to host a popular radio show when the real host defects to satellite radio. What follows is a glorious train wreck of botched celebrity interviews, on-air tantrums and generally lovable buffoonery.