Will Ferrell talks political comedy Southern Rivals

We recently sat down with legendary Anchorman mirth merchant Will Ferrell, to chat about his career so far.Talk lead to his upcoming political comedy, Southern Rivals, which will see him and Hangover breakout star Zach Galifianakis playing competing presidential candidates.When we asked Ferrell about the intriguing project, he was more than happy to spill the beans, telling us:"It's basically the story of a small time congressional district in North Carolina, in the south, and I'm the incumbent candidate who's about to run unopposed for my fifth term."There's even mention of me being considered as a candidate for Vice President and that's as high as my aspirations go. I just want to be Vice President and I have a wife who wants to be the Second Lady."We're politically hungry, and I'm cruising along until I leave what I think is a message on my mistress' voicemail but it's really just a random family and it blows up in my face. I'm seen as vulnerable for the first time and the opposition decides to run a candidate against me and that's Zach's [Galifianakis] character."But you know, the movie is just a platform for us to illustrate how insane our political process has become. The crazy ad campaigns that exist now and the manipulations. We're going to make it pretty farcical but not really that far from the truth."Ferrell is of course renowned for his spot-on take-off of George W Bush; will his Southern Rivals character be based on a real figure? "No, no, just kind of based on all the politicians nowadays and how no one really talks about any issues, just pays lip service to a bunch of things."Southern Rivals is expected to open in August 2012.For more from Will Ferrell, get the new issue of Total Film Magazine, which is out now!To subscribe to Total Film Magazine, click here. You can now read Total Film magazine on iPhone and iPad via Apple Newsstand!To find it on the UK App Store, click here. To find it on the US App Store, click here.

Starz orders 'Da Vinci's Demons'

Starz has greenlit original adventure series "Da Vinci's Demons" from BBC Worldwide Prods. David Goyer ("Batman Begins") wrote the pilot and will be showrunner for the series, which will begin production on its eight-episode order early next year, with a 2013 premiere targeted. "Demons" will be the first project in production under the multiyear agreement Starz signed with BBC Worldwide Prods. this summer. "If modern day has Tony Stark, the Renaissance had da Vinci," Starz Media managing director Carmi Zlotnik said. "This is a story we believe will captivate the imaginations of audiences around the world and is the first of what we expect to be many productions with our talented partners at BBC Worldwide Productions." The series will begin with da Vinci at age 25, already an artist, inventor, swordsman and romantic. "Da Vinci was the original Renaissance man -- a near-mythic figure that has worldwide appeal," Goyer said. "After working with characters like Batman and Superman, it made a strange kind of sense for me to dive into the facts and legends swirling around his origins. "This will be a show about secret histories, genius, madness, and all things profane. And I'm particularly excited that I get to do it on premium cable, where the story can be as dark and challenging and irreverent as it deserves to be. Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions have been nothing but supportive." BBC Worldwide Prods. will handle worldwide distribution of the series, which Goyer will exec produce with BBC Worldwide Prods. senior scripted veep Julie Gardner and topper Jane Tranter. "The young life of this incredibly complex and brilliant man has not yet been explored," Tranter said. "We couldn't be more passionate about bringing this story to U.S. viewers and international audiences." Starz premiered its most recent original series, Kelsey Grammer starrer "Boss," last week. "Spartacus: Vengeance" returns in January, followed by the premiere of "Magic City" in April. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Toronto Mayor Calls Police After Being Ambushed by CBC TV Crew

TORONTO - As if performing a farce by remaining perfectly serious, Toronto mayor Rob Ford rang the police Monday after being confronted by actress Mary Walsh and and a cameraman from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.'s satirical news show This Hour Has 22 Minutes.our editor recommends'Everybody Loves Raymond' Director to Helm CBC's 'The Debaters''Hockey Night' power play bad news for CBC "I came out of my house and I was ambushed," Ford told reporters after Walsh, garishly dressed as intrepid journalist Marg Delahunty, unexpectedly showed up at the edge of the mayor's driveway, with a microphone in hand. "There was a lady dressed up and she was screaming my name: 'We got you Rob Ford, we got you,'" Ford, the poster boy for Canada's Tea Party movement, recounted. The mayor, accompanied by his five-year child, who he said was frightened by the incident, returned to his house and made a 911 call to the police. "When you come to my private house early in the morning and ambush me, I think that crosses the line," Ford added, with a remark that rang with Canadians questioning Tuesday why the CBC crew chose to confront the mayor at his home. CBC spokesman Chris Ball told the CBC.ca website that the This Hour Has 22 Minutes crew attempted to ambush Ford outside his home to shoot a segment for a future show. "These surprise interviews are what 22 Minutes are known for and have been a part of the show for years. The interview began at the end of his driveway and concluded shortly thereafter. The crew had no interaction with the Toronto police," Ball said. Most Canadian politicians, including former Ontario premier Mike Harris and former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, take their confrontations with the Marg Delahunty character in their stride, and mostly smile broadly as Walsh delivers her comic lines in front of a TV camera. Walsh also famously ambushed former Alaska governor Sarah Palin during a U.S. book tour. But Ford served notice to Canadian satirical news shows not to doorstep him again, or else. "Don't come to my house. I just hope someone else doesn't do that again because I just don't want anything else serious to happen," he told reporters. Related Topics International Sarah Palin

Amazing Race's Liz and Marie: Our Cabbie Ripped Us Off

Liz And Marie Kat Dennings and Janet Behrs aren't the only real 2 Broke Women on CBS. Liz and Marie Canavan did not possess a cent for their title once they showed up in Bangkok around the Amazing Race after giving almost all their cash to some cabbie. So that they were instructed to walk the majority of the method to their destination, eventually resulting in their elimination. "I believe we could've swept up had we'd money," Liz informs TVGuide.com. "We could've taken cabs and also you saw how unpredictable that got." The twins ended up getting two free cab rides - although past too far - however they don't regret not requesting them earlier. Discover why - and why they love tigers.Amazing Race's Kaylani and Lisa: We are shocked Marcus didn't remember the answerHow far behind Jeremy and Sandy had you been?Jessica: Well, i was most likely an hour or so in it. An hour or so to 2 hrs. ... We understood i was last.Why everyone were so short on money when Laurence and Zac can afford two teams of bus tickets?Marie: Well, all of us began [the lower limb] with $186. Whenever we showed up at this bus station, our cab driver wanted $190 and that we did not have that. And that we needed to buy bus tickets which were $15 each, therefore we first gave him money and that he was like, "Not a way,Inch therefore we stated we'll get our bus tickets after which see what goes on. Therefore we bought our bus tickets and literally had nothing left to pay for him while he needed more. So there is a large fight about this. So finally the cab driver understood we'd nothing, so he was like, "Okay, whatever." ... He then was like, "OK, get in." I was like, "You simply fought against around for 30 minutes and today you are giving us a totally free ride towards the bus? What is?" The like public transit to Bangkok, i was like, "What exactly are we likely to do?" We literally didn't have money.Liz: We did not know what to anticipate in Bangkok. We did not know in which the bus terminal was, such as the countryside or even the city. I was so blinded.Why was your fare greater? Another teams which were proven only compensated $150. Was he ripping you off?Liz: He was totally ripping us off. Marie: It had been luck from the draw what your cab driver was prepared to take.Last leg, you stated you did not exchange your Indonesian money for Thai money. Did affecting your hard earned money stash?Marie: No. Whenever we showed up in Phuket, which was an issue, but when we began this leg, we'd the right money, to ensure that wasn't the problem. It had been literally getting screwed with that cab driver.Liz: Yeah, and that we understood we were not dead last. Our [bus] was at 8:15 and [Laurence and Zac's] was at 8, therefore it would be a 15-minute difference. ... But we did not leave until nearer to 9 because [we needed to settle with this cabbie].Amazing Race's Ron and Bill: We could not get over two bad cabbiesDid public transit really watch for you whenever you were negotiating using the cabbie?Liz: Yeah, so as we bought the tickets, public transit left and also the lady was nice enough to call public transit driver and also have him watch for us. Why you have towards the bus station so late? You saw Bill and Cathi in the tigers plus they got around the 5:30 bus.Liz: We do not know. We never got lost. I believe we left a lot after another teams that even if saw Bill and Cathi, the elephant ride still required a very long time and i believe that they are capable of making up time that people could not constitute.Jessica: We didn't have the opportunity to constitute time. We left last and that we could not get caught up. I had been thinking following the Spirit House [we'd an opportunity as we swept up with teams in the bus terminal, but when we've got there, i was like, "We are so screwed." But you are not going to stop.How lengthy have you walk in Bangkok prior to getting that free ride?Liz: We walked for, like, four hrs. We simply understood we could not quit. I was like, "We are just going to get for this Pit Stop regardless of what.Inch Each time we requested [how lengthy it might take] we'd get "three blocks" or "15 hrs." [Laughs] I was literally on the road and that we would stop motorbike people and request as we were going the proper way. They'd all laugh, like, "What's happening?Inch I believe all of them understood how far it had been. These were like, "Yeah, it's this way, but you are never gonna make it happen.InchYou've made a place of not pleading local people for the money.Jessica: Well, across the highway were the indegent plus they were also pleading for the money. Liz and that i aren't like this. We are able to suck this up. Even when we needed to walk, we are able to walk. I am not likely to request those who have nothing for something. It had not been worthwhile. ... Also, our father never drove. He was blind in a single eye, so he never got a license and that he walked literally everywhere. He was like, "Basically can perform it, it can be done.Inch He required the train every single day to operate and that we resided within the city, so he walked everywhere. Therefore we were really like, "OK, we are able to suck up and check out it."Amazing Race's Ethan and Jenna: We prefer SurvivorThen you saw a cabbie and requested him for any free ride?Liz: Yeah, first he chuckled within our face and was like, "Get free from here!" Finally, I believe he felt so harmful to us and that he required us midway.Marie: In the end were walking, we flagged cabs lower. Everybody just chuckled at us. It had not been like we were not asking [cabbies] the entire time, but simply not strongly. We do not regret that whatsoever. I was fine as we needed to walk completely. It was the luck from the draw finding both of these cabbies who'd drive us free of charge.So why do you like tigers a lot?Jessica: I really like them simply because they possess the nearest feelings to humans, so that they grieve like humans and they are so cute! I really like them! [Whenever we saw them] I dropped my backpack and merely went in to the water.Liz: Marie put herself in internet marketing! I was more happy compared to what they described on television. I was elated!Marie: Whenever we were driving we had an indication nevertheless "Baby tigers" and that we were really like, "No! Way!"Liz: Since which was area of the day, i was like, "It's not necessarily a bad day."What exactly are you so far?Jessica: I am working at Penny's From Paradise. It is a baby store in Lake Forest [Illinois]. And using for jobs. I've got a meeting with Blue Mix Blue Shield Wednesday.Liz: I am working like a marketing assistant at Great American Group.

Avoi Longoria's 'Without Men' Lesbian Moments Removed in the united states

May Be The country not ready to see what women is capable of doing sans males? With different movie festival director, the lesbian love moments in Desperate Regular folks star Avoi Longoria and Christian Slater's film, Without Males, are actually cut with the film's distributor because country.our editor recommendsEva Longoria Kisses Another Lady in Redband 'Without Men' Trailer (Video)Maya Indie Film Series to Screen 'Without Males,' Starring Avoi Longoria PHOTOS: Avoi Longoria's ALMA Fashion "We received a disagreement within the distributor in the united states proclaiming that when the film premieres it has the lesbian moments removed," the director in the Barcelona Worldwide Lgbt Film Festival, Xavier Daniel, notifies AFP. Consequently in the censorship, the film festival has made a decision to cancel its screening in the film. "We are very angry the distributor can personalize this content from the film," Daniel states. "Everyone else will not know the film, because all the lesbian moments are eliminate... It's unbelievable around 2011." PHOTOS: SAG Honours 2011 Red-colored-colored Carpet Without Males shows a Latin American village that has found a means to exist after communist guerilla mma fighters deliberately employed its males. Written and directed by Gabriela Tagliavini, the film will depend on a novel by James Canon. It opened up inside the U.S. in June. The Hollywood Reporter attempted to make contact with the film's distributor in the united states via its U.S. distributor, Maya Entertainment. THR has furthermore requested comment from Longoria through her reps round the film's censorship. They did not immediately respond to our demands. Watch a clip for your film below. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com Twitter:@TheRealJethro Related Subjects Avoi Longoria Christian Slater

Kim Kardashian To Co-Star In Tyler Perrys Next Movie The Wedding Counselor

EXCLUSIVE: With what comes down to her most substantial acting role to date, Kim Kardashian has signed onto costar within the Counselor, the Lionsgate film Tyler Perry will next direct, according to his stage play. Shooting starts October 26 in Atlanta. The film informs the storyline of Judith, an Ivy League-educated relationship expert who makes her living meting out marital advice, but is really tired of her very own marriage that they breaks her professional code and cheats having a smooth speaking client simply to realize she's designed a huge mistake. Jurnee Smollett plays the wedding counselor and Kardashian will have Ava, a co-worker who gives Judith a large city transformation and new confidence as she struggles together with her personal issues. Kardashian formerly performed roles within the films Deep within the Valley and Disaster Movie.

George Romero to adapt novel The Zombie Autopsies

King of the zombies George Romero is currently writing an adaptation of a 2011 book The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse written by Steven C.Schlozman.Schlozman's novel shows that there's still life left in the overworked zombie genre, and we're pretty sure he's happier than a dead-head with a mouthful of brains that Romero's adapting it.The novel is about a group of scientists perform autopsies on zombies after a zombie apocalypse, making startling discoveries.Romero said "I've written and made films about zombies for over forty years. In all that time, I've never been able to convince my audience that zombies actually exist.""On page one of The Zombie Autopsies, Steven Schlozman takes away any doubt. This fast-moving, entertaining work will have you chuckling...and worrying."Romero has fallen in love with novel, dubbing it "Tense, graphic, accurate and shocking."At the moment, we're not sure if the inventor of the modern zombie movie will slot this adaption into his established undead franchise - Autopsy Of The Dead, anyone? - but one thing's for sure, we're ridiculously happy that he's returning to the genre he invented.