Will Ferrell takes on new terrain (namely the Spanish language) in his latest comedy “From the Gringos Who Brought You Anchorman,” Casa de mi Padre, a parody of the Mexican soap opera genre. Ferrell stars alongside Y Tu Mama Tambien‘s Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, with Funny or Die’s Matt Piedmont and Andrew Steele serving as director and writer respectively. While the first poster, which accompanied its teaser, was dull and uninspired, the two latest additions to Casa de mi Padre‘s marketing campaign give a better idea of the film’s inspirations and comedic aims. I particularly like Ferrell’s furious countenance as he dual-fists a gun and lady thigh.
Images courtesy of First Showing.
Synopsis:
Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) has lived and worked on his father’s ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando’s younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) shows up with his new fiancee, Sonia (Genesis Rodriguez) and pledges to settle all his father’s debts. It seems that Raul’s success as an international businessman means the ranch’s troubles are over, but when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul’s business dealings turn out to be less than legit, the Alvarez family finds themselves in a full-out war with Mexico’s most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza (Gael Garcia Bernal).
Casa de mi Padre hits theaters March 16th, 2012.
Next up is the latest from Billy Bob Thorton, The Baytown Disco, in which he plays the enraged ex who kidnaps Eva Longoria‘s son, Love Actually’s Thomas Brodie Sangster. To get him back, this fretful but gorgeous mom calls on “the most bad-ass, lawless hit-man trio in Alabama: the Oodie Brothers” (Clayne Crawford, Daniel Cudmore, and Travis Fimmel). The poster—as well as the extended plot synopsis, which can be seen in full at Coming Soon—is an overstuffed mess promising plenty of action and an attempt at wit. The Photoshop work here is well-worth scorn, but there’s some hope that this wreck of a poster actually represents a worthwhile venture as Baytown Disco was among the 2009 Black List—the best unproduced scripts floating around Hollywood—alongside The King’s Speech and The Social Network…and Due Date. So, grain of salt here.
Synopsis:
The rousing rebel spirit of a family of Southern thugs takes off at breakneck speed in “The Baytown Disco” — a wickedly playful, high-velocity action-comedy in which three infamously ruthless Alabama brothers find themselves on the wrong side of crooked cops, relentless Feds, mad mobsters, road pirates, tomahawk-wielding bikers, tricky femme fatales and an unforgettable cast of characters as colorful as they are lethal when they finally try to do a single good deed.
The Baytown Disco is slated to open in 2012.
What do you make of these posters?