Filming
has concluded on Warner Bros.' “The Campaign,” starring Will Ferrell and Zach
Galifianakis as competing candidates in a no-holds-barred race for
congress. The new comedy from “Meet the Parents” director Jay Roach is
scheduled to open in Philippine theaters on August 2012.
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| Will Ferell and Zach Galifianakis |
The film also stars Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott and Katherine LaNasa, with
John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd and Brian Cox.
In “The Campaign,” when long-term congressman Cam Brady (Ferrell) commits a
major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs
plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina
district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Galifianakis), director of the
local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest
possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat
campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a
contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As
election day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly
escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this
mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking battle that takes today’s political
circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign
ethics have hit rock bottom, there’s room to dig a whole lot deeper.
Directed by Jay Roach and written by Chris Henchy
& Shawn Harwell, the film is produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Jay
Roach and Zach Galifianakis. Amy Sayres, Jon Poll and Chris Henchy serve
as executive producers.
The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Jim Denault (Emmy
nominee for HBO’s “Carnivàle”); production designer Michael Corenblith (Oscar®
nominee for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Apollo 13”); editors Craig
Alpert (“Knocked Up,” “Borat”) and Jon Poll (“Meet the Fockers”); and costume
designer Daniel Orlandi (“The Blind Side”).
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