From "Anchorman" to "Land of the Lost," Will Ferrell has braved many a genre before, typically operating somewhere within the general realm of comedy. His next movie, "The Other Guys," is no different -- alongside co-star Mark Wahlberg and frequent collaborating director Adam McKay, Ferrell is set to explore the cinematic world of crime.

Luckily, Wahlberg and Ferrell aren't alone. Variety reports that the actors will be joined in the film by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson and Steve Coogan, all of whom have their own diversity of genre performances. Read more...

Oh yeah, we're all going to hell in a handbasket.

I hereby declare at the year's halfway point that the funniest (non-"Pineapple Express") movie I've seen so far is "Hamlet 2," a blissfully demented flick that feels like the best elements of "Anchorman," "Waiting for Guffman" and "Being John Malkovich," all thrown into a blender and set to puree.

The film is powered by a performance that should finally make Steve Coogan a star here in the states. At the beginning of the film he's a D-level actor whose wife hates him, reduced to teaching the dramatic arts at an Arizona high school where the students mock him while he rollerskates to work; from there, his life just gets worse. Read more...

by Tami Katzoff

The English comic/actor Steve Coogan -- star of the upcoming flick "Hamlet 2" -- is not nearly as well known here in the U.S. as he is in the U.K. (yet), but he certainly appreciates, and has been influenced by, American comedy. MTV News spoke with Coogan on Monday about the legacy of George Carlin, who passed away the day before.

"The kind of maverick, sort of anti-establishment comedy that's come out of America is very well-recognized in Britain, and his comedy was in the great tradition of that, of not towing the line, sometimes saying controversial things, but ultimately being sort of life-affirming," Coogan said. "In some ways comics like that are almost like inspirational teachers. I think that's why there's so much adulation now in his passing."
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U2, P-Diddy, Morgan Spurlock and Charlize Theron were just a few of Hollywood's elite who took to the slopes of Sundance this past week to showcase their films – and my colleagues at MTV News spoke with all of them.

But forget the stars. From ground zero here in Los Angeles, the bird's eye view of the Festival was full of dollars, not Cents (as in 50), meaning big paydays for the following filmmakers:

"Hamlet 2": Hamlet tells his friend Horatio that "There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in [his] philosophy." Yeah, no kidding, apparently there was a whole other story! The comedy flick with Steve Coogan as a teacher who writes a Shakespearean sequel sold to Focus Features for $10 million, easily the tops of the festival. And they said he was indecisive.
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