Will Ferrell goes dramatic for his next two projects, 'American Huckster' and 'The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Will Ferrell is one of comedy’s biggest treasures from his work which began on the iconic sketch show, Saturday Night Live and evolved to legendary comedic performances in films such as Anchorman, Step Brothers and The Other Guys. He’s evolving into some more dramatic work in the near future and the Tracking Board has the latest on his upcoming projects.

            Ferrell is attached to star in the American adaptation of the book, The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. The 2012 book that was written by Jonas Jonasson has been acquired by CBS Films and will be the second feature based on the book. The first was a Swedish film adapted in 2013 which earned a foreign language Oscar nomination. Jason George, who has produced the upcoming season of Narcos will direct the movie. It follows a man named Allan who escapes his nursing home on the night of his 100^th birthday and has an adventure that sees his adventurous past clash with the present day.

            According to the Tracking Board, Ferrell is also circling American Huckster. Another drama in which he would play Chuck Blazer, the controversial FIFA administrator who later became a government informant on widespread corruption in the sport of soccer who died this past July.

            Ferrell recently starred in The House alongside Amy Poehler and will also be seen in Daddy’s Home 2 with Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson and John Lithgow. He just wrapped Holmes and Watson, as well. The comedic re-telling of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson has Ferrell and actor buddy, John C. Reilly in the starring roles for the film which hits theaters on November 9^th, 2018.