Will Ferrell To Make Political Comedy

“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,” said Ferrell. “…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.”

Though the script is fictional, Ferrell said the storyline isn’t actually that far-fetched.

“The movie is just a platform for us to illustrate how insane our political process has become,” Ferrell said. “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.”

(Source: politico.com)