Will Ferrell (Step Brothers, Semi-Pro, Old School) has agreed to star in the low budget film, “Everything Must Go.” The indie film from first-time feature director Dan Rush will have a budget of just $10 million.
Will Ferrell
Rush wrote the script, based on a Raymond Carver short story. Ferrell plays a man who loses his job and then gets locked out of the house by his wife. When she throws out all of his belongings, he decides to spend the next four days on the lawn trying to sell them.
Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will produce through their Temple Hill Productions company.
In a statement, producer Bowen said:
Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character’s ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven’t really seen before.
Filming begins in March...
Will Ferrell
Rush wrote the script, based on a Raymond Carver short story. Ferrell plays a man who loses his job and then gets locked out of the house by his wife. When she throws out all of his belongings, he decides to spend the next four days on the lawn trying to sell them.
Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will produce through their Temple Hill Productions company.
In a statement, producer Bowen said:
Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character’s ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven’t really seen before.
Filming begins in March...
- 10/17/2009
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Variety.com is reporting that Will Ferrell will star in Dan Rush’s “Everything Must Go”. Production will start in March on the project, which was written by Rush and is based on a short story by Raymond Carver. Ferrell will star as a man who not only loses his job, but he also ends up getting locked out of the house by his wife. She leaves all his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell it all. Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will be producing the film through Temple Hill Productions. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more “Everything Must [...]...
- 10/17/2009
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
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- 10/16/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Will Ferrell is going back to the indie world with Everything Must Go. According to Variety, he has signed on to star in the Dan Rush-directed indie flick with production set to begin in March.
The story, written by Rush, centers on a man who loses his job and is kicked out of his own house by his wife. With all of his personal belongings dumped on the front lawn, the man set out to sell everything he owns in an impromptu yard sale.
Says producer Marty Bowen about Ferrell being on board:
Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character’s ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven’t really seen before.
Everything Must Go features a budget of $10 million, which is half of what Ferrell generally earns for himself on bigger budget films.
The story, written by Rush, centers on a man who loses his job and is kicked out of his own house by his wife. With all of his personal belongings dumped on the front lawn, the man set out to sell everything he owns in an impromptu yard sale.
Says producer Marty Bowen about Ferrell being on board:
Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character’s ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven’t really seen before.
Everything Must Go features a budget of $10 million, which is half of what Ferrell generally earns for himself on bigger budget films.
- 10/16/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Will Ferrell will star in "Everything Must Go," an independently financed film that marks the feature directorial debut of commercials director Dan Rush.According to Variety, production will start in March. The budget will be under $10 million. Rush wrote the script, based on a Raymond Carver short story. Ferrell will play a man who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She leaves his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell his possessions.Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will produce through their Temple Hill Productions company.
- 10/16/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
After seeing a couple of his recent, bigger projects not due to well with audiences, Will Ferrell is switching things up by starring in the independently financed Everything Must Go.
Will Ferrell for Everything Must Go
The feature directorial debut of commercial director Dan Rush, Everything Must Go is based on a Raymond Carver short story. Ferrell will play a guy who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She deposits his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell his possessions.
Though Rush, known for humorous commercials, has been offered feature film deals before, he turned them down in favor of writing a film for himself to direct. Everything Must Go is that film. After showing the script around he landed Will Ferrell, who seems to be looking for a non-typical Ferrell role.
Will Ferrell for Everything Must Go
The feature directorial debut of commercial director Dan Rush, Everything Must Go is based on a Raymond Carver short story. Ferrell will play a guy who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She deposits his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell his possessions.
Though Rush, known for humorous commercials, has been offered feature film deals before, he turned them down in favor of writing a film for himself to direct. Everything Must Go is that film. After showing the script around he landed Will Ferrell, who seems to be looking for a non-typical Ferrell role.
- 10/16/2009
- www.canmag.com
Will Ferrell is set to star in a $10 million independent dramedy, Everything Must Go, based on a work by renown, late short story author Raymond Carver entitled "Why Don't You Dance." The project marks the feature debut of newcomer Dan Rush, a former commercials director whose screenplay for Everything was included on last year's insidery Black List. Ferrell will play "a relapsed alcoholic" who loses his job, and naturally, his wife gives the heave-hoe too, leaving the character to launch a four-day yard sale on their lawn. The character's main objective: generating quick beer money. Script Shadow via Playlist has called it his "favorite script" (ever?) and is totally perplexed at the casting. His worries revolve around a hypothetical that sees a studio re-cutting the film to heighten the comedic aspects. Shadow concludes with, "but there's some real weight to this character and I think we've seen from Will Ferrell...
- 10/16/2009
- by Hunter Stephenson
- Slash Film
Another screenplay listed on the 2008 Black List is headed into production. Will Ferrell will topline Everything Must Go, the Dan Rush-penned comedy about a man who, after being kicked from his family home by his wife and finding all of his worldly possessions on the front lawn, starts to sell of everything he owns. Rush will also get to direct the modestly budgeted $10 million dollar production.
"Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character's ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven't really seen before," said Marty Bowen, one of the producers.
Based on a Raymond Carver short story, Everything Must Go could be an opportunity for Ferrell to reprove himself in the eyes of Hollywood. Land of the Lost cost a lot of money to make but proved to be an underperformer...
"Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character's ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven't really seen before," said Marty Bowen, one of the producers.
Based on a Raymond Carver short story, Everything Must Go could be an opportunity for Ferrell to reprove himself in the eyes of Hollywood. Land of the Lost cost a lot of money to make but proved to be an underperformer...
- 10/16/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Will Ferrell will be selling his things in the new indie film "Everything Must Go." The comedian has been tapped to star in the project, which marks the feature directorial debut of Dan Rush.
Variety reports that the under million-budgeted film is based on a Raymond Carver short story. Rush wrote the script.
Ferrell will play a guy who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She deposits his possessions on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell them all off.
The film follows his disappointing 2009 adventure film "Land of the Lost." He is also set to appear in the 2010 action/comedy "The Other Guys" with Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes and Michael Keaton.
Variety reports that the under million-budgeted film is based on a Raymond Carver short story. Rush wrote the script.
Ferrell will play a guy who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She deposits his possessions on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell them all off.
The film follows his disappointing 2009 adventure film "Land of the Lost." He is also set to appear in the 2010 action/comedy "The Other Guys" with Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes and Michael Keaton.
- 10/16/2009
- icelebz.com
Will Ferrell has officially signed on to star in Everything Must Go, the feature debut from commercial director Dan Rush, who will write and direct. Filming will begin in Spring of next year.
By a long shot, this is the least expensive project that Ferrell has been a part of in quite some time — Rush’s film is budgeted at a paltry $10 million, while Land of the Lost cost ten times that amount and did nothing for the actor’s career. Farrell is obviously looking for a Stranger Than Fiction-esque return to more personal films, which I think is good for him.
Everything Must Go, based on a Raymond Carver story, is about a man (Ferrell) “who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She deposits his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell his possessions.
By a long shot, this is the least expensive project that Ferrell has been a part of in quite some time — Rush’s film is budgeted at a paltry $10 million, while Land of the Lost cost ten times that amount and did nothing for the actor’s career. Farrell is obviously looking for a Stranger Than Fiction-esque return to more personal films, which I think is good for him.
Everything Must Go, based on a Raymond Carver story, is about a man (Ferrell) “who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She deposits his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell his possessions.
- 10/16/2009
- by John Cooper
- Atomic Popcorn
Will Ferrell is set to star in the independent film Everything Must Go , which will be the feature directorial debut of commercials director Dan Rush, says Variety . Ferrell will play a guy who loses his job and gets locked out of the house by his wife. She deposits his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell his possessions. Rush wrote the script, based on a Raymond Carver short story. Filming will start in March on the film that will cost under $10 million.
- 10/16/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Finally, a Will Ferrell movie I'm actually excited about again! Variety says Ferrell has been cast in a $10 million independently financed comedy called Everything Must Go. The project will be the directional debut of commercials director Dan Rush, who also wrote the script based on a Raymond Carver short story. Ferrell will play a guy who loses his job and gets locked out of his house by his wife. She puts all of his belongings on the front lawn, and he spends the next four days trying to sell off his possessions, hence "Everything Must Go." Sounds like it'll be a good, funny story. And I'm glad it's not a studio production. Rush is known for directing humorous commercials, and while he has been offered movie development deals, he turned them down and instead tried to write a film for himself to direct. Everything Must Go, his first screenplay, was...
- 10/16/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Will Ferrell has agreed to star in the low budget indie film, Everything Must Go, directed by first time feature director Dan Rush. Rush is best known for directing commercials with comic inclinations. The first time feature director had numerous offers presented to him in the past but chose instead to work on his own script, which he based on a short story by Raymond Carver. Carver's work had previously been adapted by Robert Altman for Short Cuts.
Ferrell plays a man who loses his job and then gets locked out of the house by his wife. When she throws out all of his belongings, he decides to spend the next four days on the lawn trying to sell them.
Marty Bowen, who will produce the film along with Wyck Godfrey through their Temple Hill Productions, said: "Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character's ordeal,...
Ferrell plays a man who loses his job and then gets locked out of the house by his wife. When she throws out all of his belongings, he decides to spend the next four days on the lawn trying to sell them.
Marty Bowen, who will produce the film along with Wyck Godfrey through their Temple Hill Productions, said: "Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character's ordeal,...
- 10/16/2009
- Screenrush
It looks like Will Ferrell is taking a break from big-budget, high-profile comedies for something a little more low-key.
Variety writes that Ferrell has agreed to star in Everthing Must Go, the story of a poor guy who loses his job and returns home to find that his wife has locked him out of the house and jettisoned all of his personal possessions onto the front lawn. He spends the next four days trying to sell them off.
Behind the project is Dan Rush, who wrote the script based on a Raymond Carver short story. This will be his movie directorial debut, although he has directed several commercials. Apparently, Rush had been offered development deals, but instead chose to push his own project. It was green-lighted for a very modest $10 million and eventually caught Ferrell's interest.
In a statement, producer Marty Bowen said:
Will is one of the best at...
Variety writes that Ferrell has agreed to star in Everthing Must Go, the story of a poor guy who loses his job and returns home to find that his wife has locked him out of the house and jettisoned all of his personal possessions onto the front lawn. He spends the next four days trying to sell them off.
Behind the project is Dan Rush, who wrote the script based on a Raymond Carver short story. This will be his movie directorial debut, although he has directed several commercials. Apparently, Rush had been offered development deals, but instead chose to push his own project. It was green-lighted for a very modest $10 million and eventually caught Ferrell's interest.
In a statement, producer Marty Bowen said:
Will is one of the best at...
- 10/16/2009
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
Will Ferrell has signed up to star in Dan Rush's independent comedy Everything Must Go, reports Variety. The actor will begin work on the project in March after he has finished shooting Columbia's cop comedy The Other Guys. Rush penned the script and will make his directorial debut with the movie, which is based on a Raymond Carver story. Ferrell will play a man who loses his job (more)...
- 10/16/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Will Ferrell is set to star in "Everything Must Go," an indie film which marks the feature-length directorial debut of commercials director Dan Rush. Rush wrote the script which is based on the short story by Raymond Carver. Ferrell plays a guy who loses his job and is also locked out the house by his wife. She drops all of his belongings on the front lawn and, in the next four days, tries to sell them all off. Temple Hill Productions' Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey produce. "Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character's ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven't really seen before," Bowen said.
- 10/16/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
After trying to launch a big-budget adventure franchise in Land Of The Lost and not faring all so well, Will Ferrell is going indie. Ferrell has signed on to star in the $10 million indie comedy/drama Everything Must Go for writer/director Dan Rush. The film follows a man who's wife kicks him out of the house and puts all of his belongings on the front yard. Looking to finally move on with his life, he spends the rest of the week living on the front lawn and selling all his stuff in a yard...
- 10/16/2009
- by Mike Sampson
- JoBlo.com
Will Ferrell is looking to switch things up a little after some career disappointments - he's signed on to Dan Rush's indie comedy Everything Must go. In a change from his usual blockbuster comedy (well, it will be - first he has to finish up work on The Other Guys with Adam McKay), he's agreed to star in advert director Rush's first film. Based on a Raymond Carver short story, Rush has come up with a tale of a man who loses his job, is locked out of the house by his wife and has his belongings chucked on the front lawn. To make...
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- 10/16/2009
- by James White
- TotalFilm
Will Ferrell will take a break from the big studio scene when he finishes shooting The Other Guys, by starring in the $10m indie comedy Everything Must Go.Based on a Raymond Carver short story (Carver's work was also the basis of Robert Altman's Short Cuts and Ray Lawrence's Jindabyne) It's the directorial debut of Dan Rush, whose script was smokin' hot enough to make it onto to the infamous Hollywood Black List of cracking-but-unproduced screenplays.The story follows Ferrell attempting to sell all of his possessions, after his wife dumps them on the lawn and kicks him out of the house.Obviously Ferrell is great at the broad stuff, but hopefully this will be one of his more understated and sympathetic roles, a la the brilliant Stranger Than Fiction. Production gets underway next spring. ...
- 10/16/2009
- EmpireOnline
Bill Murray is a rarity. He's one of the few comedy actors who has successfully embraced a new role as an independent, sometimes dramatic actor. Jim Carrey could.ve done it. He was amazing in The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine. Adam Sandler still has a chance to do it. He was a shining light in the flawed Funny People. And Will Ferrell still has a shot at it. Remember Stranger than Fiction and the lesser known Winter Passing? Well, it seems as though Will may have another go at outgrowing his comedy mold. Variety reports that Ricky Bobby has signed on to play the lead in the upcoming Everything Must Go, the debut film from former commercial director Dan Rush. The film is an indie romantic comedy that follows a man who is laid off his job and then locked out of his house by his wife. She then...
- 10/16/2009
- cinemablend.com
No, the comic actor isn't talking about his last couple of movie roles. Will Ferrell has signed on to star in the indie film Everything Must Go, according to Variety. Go is being written and directed by Dan Rush, who has directed commercials before this, his first feature. Based on a story by the late Raymond Carver, the film is about a man who loses his job and then finds his wife has kicked him out and tossed all his stuff on the front lawn. His response? Yard sale. Sounds promising, and we can only guess that a quality, low-budget movie based on the work of a great American writer (who also provided the source material for Robert Altman's Short Cuts) might be the...
- 10/16/2009
- E! Online
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