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Justin Theroux is set to direct Swear to God starring Will Ferrell and Steve Carell

Aug. 9, 2012by: Niki Stephens

Justin Theroux is f*cking awesome. Just going to lay that out right now. He's a great, versatile actor, wrote TROPIC THUNDER, and is a comic book guy. Basically, he's my ideal mate. All my girly schoolgirl crushing aside, I'm always more than happy to hear when Theroux has signed on for a project in any capacity. It's great that he's writing ZOOLANDER 2 and hopes to direct it as well.

Theroux has just landed film to rewrite as well as helm-- SWEAR TO GOD starring Will Ferrell and Steve Carell. The flick is, "a two-hander comedy in which Ferrell will play a narcissistic hedge fund manager who thinks he has seen God." No details on Carell's character.

After the two actors are done filming ANCHORMAN 2, they will get started on this project.

The first draft of the script was written by DUE DATE scribes Alan Cohen and Alan Freedland. Kinda glad they got Theroux to come in since DUE DATE was pretty subpar. It had it's moments, even though I didn't really expect it to be gut-busting funny.

Production is set to begin in July.

Source: Deadline
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10:26AM on 08/10/2012
Ugh this sounds lame, give us Zoolander 2 already, but then again it is Will Ferrell so who knows.
Ugh this sounds lame, give us Zoolander 2 already, but then again it is Will Ferrell so who knows.
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5:43AM on 08/10/2012

Swear To God?

"SWEAR TO ME!!"
"SWEAR TO ME!!"
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1:27AM on 08/10/2012
Aside from the basic story I never believed growing up that an attractive woman would comment on someone being a comic book guy and then declaring them their "ideal" mate. Man, times have changed.
Aside from the basic story I never believed growing up that an attractive woman would comment on someone being a comic book guy and then declaring them their "ideal" mate. Man, times have changed.
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3:25AM on 08/10/2012
Yeah, it's trendy. Nerd-chic is in. Knowing who Steve Ditko is almost as cool as having muscles now
Yeah, it's trendy. Nerd-chic is in. Knowing who Steve Ditko is almost as cool as having muscles now
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1:09AM on 08/10/2012

THEY'RE BREAK-DANCE FIGHTING!

I had no idea how cool this dude was. Thanks wikipedia!
I had no idea how cool this dude was. Thanks wikipedia!
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12:04AM on 08/10/2012
Not really a fan of his writing, ie, rock of ages and iron man 2, and premise somehow seems tired, but maybe i'll be pleasantly surprised
Not really a fan of his writing, ie, rock of ages and iron man 2, and premise somehow seems tired, but maybe i'll be pleasantly surprised
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10:54PM on 08/09/2012

made my day!!

ferrell - Carell.this is the combo i've been waitin for(and for ferrell-SBC combo also).btw,can we see Mugatu in zoolander 2 ? 'Mugatu throwing lotte on his assistant' scene in zoolander is hilarious
ferrell - Carell.this is the combo i've been waitin for(and for ferrell-SBC combo also).btw,can we see Mugatu in zoolander 2 ? 'Mugatu throwing lotte on his assistant' scene in zoolander is hilarious
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