Word from Variety is that Vince Vaughn will following his starring turns in The Internship, Delivery Man, and Business Trip by co-starring with Will Ferrell in Daddy’s Home. Dammit, you know what this means?! It means we were wrong about Vince Vaughn’s next film again! We pride ourselves on being able to come up with Vince Vaughn vehicles at the drop of a hat. Previously, our suggestions included:
Campus Cops
Seat Fillers
Brewery Tour
Campsite Crashers (aka Ranger Dad)
Firehouse Dad
Cold Callers
The Podcast
Casual Friday
Resident Dadvisor
Grillmasters
The Expense Account
Rave Dudes
Busmen
Adult Kickball
Backpackers
Party Bus Drivers
Online Daters
The Car Pool
Valets
Booze Cruise
Hostel Crashers
Alumni Weekend
Bed and Breakfast Bros
Groupon Getaway
Daytona Dads
What, not good enough for you, Hollywood? This is bullshit.
Will Ferrell has been attached to star for some time with Etan Cohen directing. Ferrell and Adam McKay are producing for Gary Sanchez productions.
The story follows a mild mannered radio exec, played by Ferrell, whose life gets chaotic when his wife’s ex-husband, played by Vaughn, re-enters the picture and he must compete to vie for his step-children’s affections.
Cohen, Brian Burns, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy are writing the script.
The film has been set up at Paramount for some time while the script was being done. The idea is for Vaughn to do this film before jumping into New Regency’s comedy “Business Trip” which he signed on to last month. [Variety]
Ah, the old two-guys-trying-to-one-up-each-other plot. Basically, The Campaign, but with Vince Vaughn instead of Zach Galifianakis, and children instead of voters. I’ll say this, the world would be a better place if people in the real world cared that much about the affections of the their stepchildren. I wrote a more realistic version of this story and it was just called “Shut Up, Stupid.”