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Land of the Lost
Director: Brad Silberling
Release Date: June 5, 2009
Starring: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone
Language: English
Country: United States
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Land of the Lost is an American feature film based on the 1974 TV series Land of the Lost. The film is directed by Brad Silberling and stars Will Ferrell. Production of the film began in March 2008. It was originally scheduled to be released on July 17, 2009 but the release date was pushed forward to June 5, 2009. The film follows “a disgraced paleontologist, his assistant, and a macho tour guide who find themselves in a strange, alternate world inhabited by dinosaurs, monkey people and reptilian Sleestaks.”
His once-solid reputation irreparably damaged, a paleontologist, his assistant, and a swaggering tour guide are thrust into a strange world populated by dinosaurs, reptilian Sleestaks, and monkey people in this update of the popular Sid and Marty Krofft series directed by Brad Silberling and starring Will Ferrell and Pushing Daisies’ star Anna Friel. On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall (Ferrell) is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant (Friel) and a redneck survivalist (McBride). In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka (Taccone), their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures. Can they all make it back to our world alive, and if so: Will Dr. Marshall can go from zero to hero with his discoveries?
Development of a feature film based on the show has been in talks at various studios since 1995. In 2002, Sony Pictures was working on a movie version, following the 2000 reversion to the Kroffts of adaptation rights previously bought by Disney as early as 1995. In April 2005, Universal Pictures acquired the adaptation rights and attached director Adam McKay and actor Will Ferrell, who had previously collaborated on Anchorman (2004), to the project.
In May 2007, director Robert Rodriguez met with Universal to potentially direct the film adaptation of Land of the Lost. Rodriguez had also entered talks with Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. to film a live action film adaptation of The Jetsons. The director was uncertain which project he would pursue next, though the latest script draft for The Jetsons by Adam Goldberg was further along in development. In September 2007, director Brad Silberling was announced to be attached to direct the film adaptation, with Ferrell starring. The project was slated to begin production in March 2008 after reducing its budget from $125 million to $100 million, and wrapped up shooting at Universal Studios Hollywood.
The first trailer was shown during Super Bowl XLIII. On May 10th, it was also announced by Dave Mustaine on TheLiveLine that some music from Megadeth would appear in the movie. Whether this would be music from the new record was not entirely clear, however during the phone message Mustaine stated that there was new music playing in the background of the message.
Cast:
- Will Ferrell as Dr. Rick Marshall
- Anna Friel as Holly Cantrell
- Danny R. McBride as Will Stanton
- Jorma Taccone as Cha-Ka
- John Boylan as Enik
- Matt Lauer as Himself (cameo)
- Wesley Eure (cameo)
- Kathy Coleman (cameo)
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