A couple of years ago Mark Steilen (The Settlement) was attached to write the script for a New Line comedy project called Tag based on the Wall Street Journal article "It Takes Planning, Caution to Avoid Being 'It'", but now Variety has learned that Waiting scribe and director Rob McKittrick has been hired compose the screenplay. Both Will Ferrell and recent Grammy winner Jack Black are still planning on starring in Tag, and Todd Garner is producing the...
- 3/18/2015
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
Will Ferrell and Jack Black – two names that either inspire cringing and cries of ‘overrated!’ or hysterical laughter. Whatever you think of them, they are certainly hot commodities and they have now joined what is perhaps the most epic game of ‘Tag’ ever, as both sign up for New Line’s comedy Tag Brothers.
Tag Brothers is based on a real-life Tag game that went on for 23 years between a group of friends in Spokane every February. It even escalated to the point of them breaking into each other’s homes and spying on each other, thus blurring the line between friendly game and sociopathy.
It sounds tailor-made for Ferrell and Black’s brand of extreme but self-aware comedy. I can already see the two of them battling for Tag supremacy in increasingly bizarre and potentially hazardous ways.
While no details are yet forthcoming as to the roles Black and Ferrell will play,...
Tag Brothers is based on a real-life Tag game that went on for 23 years between a group of friends in Spokane every February. It even escalated to the point of them breaking into each other’s homes and spying on each other, thus blurring the line between friendly game and sociopathy.
It sounds tailor-made for Ferrell and Black’s brand of extreme but self-aware comedy. I can already see the two of them battling for Tag supremacy in increasingly bizarre and potentially hazardous ways.
While no details are yet forthcoming as to the roles Black and Ferrell will play,...
- 4/20/2013
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
A couple of months ago we heard that a movie was going to be made about a 23-year-long game of tag that a group of friends, who call themselves the "Tag Brothers," have been playing since they were in high school. The Wrap is now reporting that Will Ferrell and Jack Black are attached to star in the film. When the movie was first announced it sounded like the kind of film that would pull in an ensemble comedy dream cast, and it looks like that's started.
The film will be adapted from a Wall Street Journal article that was just picked up by New Line Cinema. This is all based on real life events that are still going on today. Every February this group of friends continue to play their nationwide game of tag.
Now in their 40s, the former classmates have spread across the country in various fields...
The film will be adapted from a Wall Street Journal article that was just picked up by New Line Cinema. This is all based on real life events that are still going on today. Every February this group of friends continue to play their nationwide game of tag.
Now in their 40s, the former classmates have spread across the country in various fields...
- 4/19/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Will Ferrell and Jack Black, who had a moment in Anchorman (Black punted Ferrell’s dog off a bridge) haven’t had an opportunity to work together. Until now. Ferrell and Black are reportedly slated to star in Tag Brothers, a comedy pitch based on a real life occurrence, one that gained national attention thanks to a piece in the Wall Street Journal. Mark Steilen (The Settlement) penned the script based on, a group of former classmates from Spokane, Washington whose long-running game of Tag garnered national attention following a feature story in the Wall Street Journal. Now in their 40s, the group spends the month of...
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- 4/19/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Will Ferrell and Jack Black have been lined up to star in comedy Tag Brothers.
The Wrap reports that the duo's involvement is contingent on Mark Steilen's screenplay, which is yet to be written.
The pitch for Tag Brothers was based on a recent Wall Street Journal article, the rights to which were acquired by New Line Cinema in a recent bidding war.
The article described a long-running game of tag between a group of former classmates from Spokane, Washington, who are now in their 40s.
The 'tag brothers' spend February of every year chasing one another across the country - and going so far as to break into each other's homes and offices - in order to avoid being "it".
Two other male leads are yet to be cast alongside Ferrell and Black.
Steilen previously wrote 1999 John C Reilly comedy The Settlement, and more recently served as second-unit...
The Wrap reports that the duo's involvement is contingent on Mark Steilen's screenplay, which is yet to be written.
The pitch for Tag Brothers was based on a recent Wall Street Journal article, the rights to which were acquired by New Line Cinema in a recent bidding war.
The article described a long-running game of tag between a group of former classmates from Spokane, Washington, who are now in their 40s.
The 'tag brothers' spend February of every year chasing one another across the country - and going so far as to break into each other's homes and offices - in order to avoid being "it".
Two other male leads are yet to be cast alongside Ferrell and Black.
Steilen previously wrote 1999 John C Reilly comedy The Settlement, and more recently served as second-unit...
- 4/19/2013
- Digital Spy
• For some directors, the more absurd the log line, the better the movie. David Cronenberg’s (Videodrome) next film, which will reunite him with his Cosmopolis star Robert Pattinson, is described as a ghost story that also serves as a withering critique of the fame and celebrity-obsessed culture in Los Angeles. Called Maps to the Stars, Julianne Moore and John Cusack have just signed on to join the film as well. Moore can be seen in a number of big films in the next year including the Carrie remake, Non-Stop with Liam Neeson, and The Seventh Son. [Deadline]
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- 4/19/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
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