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The last of the Sundance buzz titles has landed. Netflix closed a deal for Will & Harper, the documentary in which Will Ferrell takes a road trip with his lifelong pal Harper Steele after the latter transitioned. Sources said deal was for eight figures. Related…

When the Oscar nominations came out last week, the Best Documentary Feature category contained some bombshells: no recognition for two of the most decorated nonfiction films of the year.  In the latest edition of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, co-hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey drill down on the…

TITLE: Will & Harper Section: Premieres Director: Josh Greenbaum Logline: When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of…

From Lassie and Rin Tin Tin to 101 Dalmatians, Old Yeller, My Dog Skip, Homeward Bound, A Dog’s Purpose and on and on, the canine genre has been a staple of Hollywood movies for decades. I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone got the idea to…

EXCLUSIVE: Will Ferrell is in huddling to star as the NFL’s John Madden in Madden, a theatrical feature to be directed for Amazon/MGM by five-time Oscar nominee David O. Russell (American Hustle), multiple sources tell Deadline. Amazon had no comment. Related…

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from James Corden’s primetime special and final installment of The Late Late Show on CBS. So long, James Corden. The affable Brit who took over for Craig Ferguson in 2015 ended his eight-year run as host of CBS’ The Late Late Show on Thursday…

EXCLUSIVE: In what is shaping up to become one of the biggest TV comedy packages to hit the marketplace in awhile, Will Ferrell & Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions and Rian Johnson & Ram Bergman’s T-Street have teamed up to develop a comedy TV series as a starring vehicle for Ferrell, I have…

The Late Late Show with James Corden has set its guests for its final broadcast. Harry Styles and Will Ferrell will take a seat on the couch joining Corden for the show’s last episode on Thursday, April 27, wrapping up the CBS late-night series’ eight-year run. Related…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has taken down from its website a story about Will Ferrell after being fooled by a Twitter account that did not belong to the Anchorman actor. Ferrell has been in the UK this month on something of a soccer tour, attending a variety of games and mingling with fans. He was…

UPDATED with game-day versions, additional commercials. Super Sunday brought Madison Avenue’s annual spending spree, which has boosted the Big Game’s Hollywood quotient noticeably in recent years. Celebrity product pitches date back to the days of leather helmets, of course, but in the increasingly…

Will Ferrell made an appearance during a Super Bowl ad break traveling through the Netflix universe in a General Motors commercial. “General Motors is going electric and Netflix is joining in by including more EV’s (electric vehicles),” Ferrell is heard saying. Ferrell is inside his EV in the…

Netflix and General Motors have formed a partnership that will see electric vehicles from the automaker featured in upcoming series and films. To kick off the initiative, the companies have cast Will Ferrell in a co-branded commercial set to air February 12 during Super Bowl LVII on Fox. Thirty- and…