Ferrell Leaves “Neighborhood Watch”
August 3, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Movies
Will Ferrell has opted to leave 20th Century Fox’s upcoming film Neighborhood Watch along with director, David Dobkin. I’m not completely sure what happened (Variety mentions that Dobkins had recently 
submitted revisions) but I’m guessing it has to do with creative differences.
I know that Dobkins had a with with Wedding Crashers but I think that was partly good timing, good casting and the fact that many of us enjoy a raunchy comedy. His most recent work, Fred Claus, certainly didn’t earn him any accolades…
I’m also not completely thrilled with how this plot sounds. Here’s the description: “an urbanites moves to a suburban community, joins the neighborhood watch and uncovers a large conspiracy.”
I don’t know about you but that sounds an awful lot like one of my favorite movies of all time, The ‘Burbs, which starred Tom Hanks who delivered a memorable performance that I doubt many could rival. I hope this isn’t a rip-off as so many movies seem to be these days.
Out of curiosity, I checked out Ferrell’s IMDb profile and discovered he’s got a lot of things in the works. His new film The Other Guys is in pre-production (2010 release) but he’s got at least four other things on the burner including Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and Anchorman 2 (could be pretty funny!).
image: Bauer-Griffin
