Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon Pitch Projects

Variety reports that studios that are trying to fill 2010 release slates are weighing spec packages that would give them either an Adam McKay-directed action comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, or a drama that will reunite Matt Damon with his The Bourne Ultimatum scribe George Nolfi.

Damon is at the center of The Adjustment Bureau, a contemporary science fiction love story that was shopped to studios by Media Rights Capital.

Nolfi wrote a script that is loosely based on a Philip K. Dick short story, and he will make his directing debut on the film, which will begin production by late summer.

Nolfi scripted the Damon-starrer Ocean's Twelve, but they developed a closer relationship when he scripted The Bourne Ultimatum. He is also writing the fourth installment of the Bourne franchise for Universal.

Separately, several studios were bidding Tuesday on B Team, a McKay-directed action comedy that casts Ferrell and Wahlberg as cops, with Chris Henchy writing the script.

Henchy co-wrote the upcoming Ferrell-starrer Land of the Lost, and he is co-executive producer of Entourage, the HBO show on which Wahlberg is executive producer.

Even though B Team and The Adjustment Bureau come with pricey packages -- buyers essentially commit to make the movies -- both pictures are expected to have studio homes before the week is over.


Sources: Variety

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  1. GK

    Sounds great.

    3 years agoby @indianajonesFlag

  2. ZanyZap

    They both sound great.

    3 years agoby @zanyzapFlag

  3. The Dark Knight

    oh yeah B team

    3 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  4. -comrade-

    Philip K. Dick is always worth doing if you do his work well.

    3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  5. righthandofdoom

    I would be cool to see another Bourne movie. And it would be interesting to see Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg do a movie together.

    3 years agoby @righthandofdoomFlag

  6. Diaigma

    The B Team? That's actually pretty funny :P

    3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag

  7. outlaw Returns

    I can really see B Team being a good movie.I hope its set in the present.

    3 years agoby @memo17Flag

  8. Twisted Smile (The Untold Smile)

    Both of these sound entertaing.

    3 years agoby @twistedsmileFlag

  9. Chad Vital

    Both sound good. I'm actually siding with the Will and Mark film however. I think the main reason is because they are completely different actors and each have their own style of comedy. Mark Wahlberg is funny as hell, remember his role in The Departed? Yeah. He was awesome and made you laugh.

    3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag

  10. Shelley

    I love the Bourne movies and I am looking forward to the next installment. As far as the others are concerned, I need more information.

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  11. John2347

    I like the sound of B Team and Adjustment Bureau.

    3 years agoby @john2347Flag

  12. Comrade

    Combining Farrell and Wahlberg sounds like a good idea. I love the Bourne movies but i hope another isn't made. It should just stop at 3.

    3 years agoby @august22Flag

  13. Oli

    Sounds good.

    3 years agoby @reviloleeFlag

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