Will Ferrell's Landlord = 7 Million Views in 24 Hours

Wired updates Landlord mania with this bit of news: the two-minute clip (which Ferrell and writer/director Adam McKay shot in 45 minutes) scored more than seven million views in 24 hours, making it a certified viral hit. Best nonsensical quote...

Apr 20 2007

FunnyorDie.com Actually Funny

Remember Adam Sandler's short-lived comedy website Shnorff.com? Okay, neither do we. But it seems like A-list Hollywood comedians have finally started to figure out how to be funny on the net. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay--collectively known as Gary...

Apr 17 2007

FunnyorDie.com: Not Funny to Humorless People

I'm not even going to comment on this. Just read the article...sheesh. Will Ferrell in swear storm [M&C] UPDATE: At least Adam McKay and his daughter Pearl, haven't lost their sense of humor as interest surges in their Landlord clip....

Apr 18 2007

20 New Faces of Comedy: Get Them While They're Hot

Why do the studios love comedies so much? Well, to put it simply, they can be super cheap to make (no expensive CGI or big stars needed) and can return big at the box office--think Universal's recent sleeper hit Knocked...

Aug 02 2007

More A-List Talent Migrating to the Web?

If Will Ferrell's FunnyOrDie.com has shown us anything, it's that audiences now have an appetite for online content from top stars. To feed that need, Brent Weinstein, the former head of United Talent Agency's digital media department and online division,...

Jul 11 2007

More Funny On FunnyOrDie.com

The good folks at Cinematical turned me on to this Groundhog Day-esque short film with Jason Biggs (American Pie) on Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's website FunnyOrDie.com. I don't know if I liked The Glitch as much as some others...

Jun 25 2007

Charlie Brown and the Giants Pull Upsets for the Ages

Going into last night's game the odds of the Giants winning Super Bowl XLII were about the same as the odds of Charlie Brown winning at, well anything. Yet by game's end Sunday night both underdogs had won. The...

Feb 04 2008

In Defense of the $300 Million Blockbuster

It's conceivable that Sony's Spider-Man 3 and Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End each cost more than $300 million to make--and that's not even counting marketing costs--leading industry observers (including myself) to blather on about Hollywood's new heights...

May 03 2007