In STRANGER THAN FICTION, Will Ferrell plays Harold Crick, an IRS Agent whose world is turned upside-down when he begins to hear his life being chronicled by a narrator only he can hear. The Narrator, Kay Eiffel (Emma Thompson), a nearly forgotten author of tragic novels, is struggling to complete her latest and best book, unaware that her protagonist is alive and uncontrollably guided by her words. Fiction and reality collide when the bewildered and hilariously resistant Harold hears the Narrator say that events have been set in motion that will lead to his imminent death.
Desperate to escape his fate, Harold seeks help from eccentric English professor Dr. Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman) and finds unexpected comfort in a burgeoning romance with a defiant audit subject, Ana Pascal (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Unluckily for Harold, Kay's impatient publishers have unleashed a stern assistant named Penny Escher (Queen Latifah) to help the author finish her book and finish off Harold Crick.
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Long time "Murphy Brown" producer Diane English is looking to bring Erica Jong's groundbreaking 1973 debut novel "Fear of Flying" to the big screen and she's purportedly interested in enlisting Maggie Gyllenhaal to portray the story's heroin Isadora Wing....
November 20, 2006: Magorium artwork:
Zach Helm, the screenwriting wunderkind behind the Will Ferrell-starring meta-comedy STRANGER THAN FICTION will be making his feature directorial debut on the
fantasy dramedy MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM. In it, Dustin Hoffman stars as the 243 year-old...
November 10, 2006: Review: Stranger than Fiction:
The story is about a quirky IRS agent who has a real knack for numbers and then suddenly begins to hear a voice that narrates his mundane life. His world turns upside down as he learns through this voice, that his eminent death is just around the...
November 10, 2006: INT: Dustin Hoffman:
Few
actors working today can boast an acting pedigree as prestigious as
Dustin Hoffman’s. After four-plus decades of acclaimed work,
Hoffman is still going strong. This week he stars...
November 9, 2006: INT: Will Ferrell:
Will
Ferrell switches gears a bit this week with his latest film, STRANGER
THAN FICTION . Though filled with comedic moments, it’s
mainly a dramatic film, featuring an impressive cast...
November 10, 2006: Quiz: Will Ferrell:
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September 5, 2006: Stranger site:
Lately official movie web sites have been so BLAH. Nothing to make you want to stick around to download the trailer, wallpapers or AIM icons let alone pay money to see the movie. But today I saw the official site for STRANGER THAN FICTION and dang if I didn't...
July 24, 2006: Stranger Than trailer:
Update: As Stormz pointed out below, the trailer is now in quicktime at the official site. Check it out HERE .
The first trailer for the Marc Foster-directed and Will Ferrell-starring comedy STRANGER THAN FICTION has, for some baffling reason,...
May 29, 2006: The Great New trailer:
Earlier this month, we reported on the poster for HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
director Danny Leiner's upcoming 9/11 drama THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL. And while it may seem kinda weird that the director of a stoner comedy and the even
more bizarre...
February 4, 2005: Dusty & Ferrell:
As we first reported here last month , Variety has confirmed that Dustin Hoffman will join Will Ferrell in STRANGER THAN FICTION for director Marc Forster (FINDING NEVERLAND). In the film, Ferrell plays an IRS auditor who suddenly finds his life narrated by...
January 21, 2005: 2 more join Ferrell:
As we told you first yesterday when we reported that Maggie Gyllenhaal had signed on to co-star with Will Ferrell in STRANGER THAN FICTION, Emma Thompson will join the cast as well. In addition to Thompson, Queen Latifah has also joined the film's cast but so...
January 20, 2005: Maggie joins Ferrell:
Maggie Gyllenhaal has signed on to co-star alongside Will Ferrell in the upcoming comedy STRANGER THAN FICTION. In the film, Ferrell plays an IRS auditor who suddenly finds himself the subject of a running narration, that knows his every thought, feeling and...
July 20, 2004: Ferrell gets Stranger:
Hot off the success of ANCHORMAN, Will Ferrell is in negotiations to star in the comedy STRANGER THAN FICTION for director Marc Forster. The film would follow a man disturbed to find his life has suddenly been interrupted by the voice of a narrator who knows...
skywriter1
on Nov 30 2005, 4:41:44 PM writes: BEST SCRIPT EVER Read the screenplay a year ago, and it was by far the best script I've ever read. If Marc Forster can bring to life just half the charm of the script, it'll be a great movie.
