During last weekend’s junket for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, I got to speak with Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey for an extended amount of time.  Since we covered not only the Twilight franchise, but some of the other major projects he’s developing, I decided to break the interview up into two parts.   I felt this news was worth a separate article since we talked about D.J. Caruso’s adaptation of the video game Dead Space; developing Len Wiseman’s adaptation of the video game Gears of War; and writer-director Dan Rush’s Everything Must Go starring Will Ferrell.

The big news is Everything Must Go starts filming March 1st and he calls the project Leaving Las Vegas with the humor of Bad Santa!  Also, for fans of Gears of War, he says Wiseman is working on a script and “we’ve done a ton of visual references and he’s sort of put together a whole presentation, so we should know pretty quickly if this version is going to move forward or not.”  What he said about all three projects after the jump:

I remember when Clerks was announced. It was a Sundance favorite and trailered along with Pulp Fiction. Having had some counter experience, and being a Star Wars nerd, Clerks looked like sweet elixir. And I went to see it opening weekend (in a double feature with Stargate), and was in the Kevin Smith. Revisiting his films Clerks, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back on Blu-ray in the Kevin Smith collection is a chance to wrestle with what makes Kevin Smith great and somewhat terrible. My review after the jump.

There are countless producers out there who would love to have Will Ferrell and his patented brand of screaming comedy star in their film.  But he’s just too popular and most producers can’t pay his regular salary.  That’s a real shame when you consider that Ferrell was able to lead “Land of the Lost” to $50 million at the box office.  Granted, the film cost $100 million to make, but that’s neither here nor there.

But director Dan Rush must have won a contest or something because Will Ferrell is going to star Rush’s $10 million comedy, “Everything Must Go”.  Hit the jump for details.

Never have I seen “set photos” that look this good.  These look like official stills from Sony.  I don’t know how many shots the photographer took (and he or she clearly used a real camera and not a cell phone) but almost all of these all look like they’re in the movie.  I hesitate to call them “stills” because if Sony really shot these and they’re official, why would the studio let them leak out like this?  I just can’t believe the quality on these.  Hit the jump to see these set photos/”stills” of Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Damon Wayans Jr. and Rob Riggle.

Every once in a while, you hear a piece of movie news that makes you go, “WTF?” Then, after a few seconds of letting it sink in, you go, “WTF?” and eventually after you go through that cycle a few more times, you start to think maybe it sounds like a good idea. In this case, that news is the casting of The Rock (I know he likes to go by Dwayne Johnson now, but seriously dude, you’re The Rock, live with it), Steve Coogan and movie geek god emeritus, Samuel L. Jackson in a new film by “Anchorman” director, Adam McKay which also stars Will Ferrell and Marky Mark, he also goes by a more respectable name now, but people don’t forget, Mark. For more details on the flick, hit the jump.

Eva Mendes sure likes to keep busy. Since 2007 she has appeared in seven films, not counting the two in post-production or the one she is currently filming. Though that group includes such notables as “The Women” and the direct-to-DVD “Cleaner,” Mendes is still an actress in demand. She has just been signed to co-star in “The Other Guys,” the latest collaboration between Will Ferrell and his “Anchorman” director Adam McKay. Hit the jump for more info on the project.

“Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” is a film that gets better every time I see it.  It’s so quotable (”Milk was a bad choice” and “I immediately regret this decision!” are the ones I use most often) and having Ferrell, Rudd, Koechner, and Carell together was like catching magic in a bottle (Oh, I also use “I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany,”).  Director Adam McKay has provided a new update on the status of “Anchorman 2″.  Hit the jump to be polite and rarely late.

Dreamworks Animation’s superhero spoof “Oobermind” may have lost Robert Downey Jr.’s singular voice due to scheduling conflicts but the studio has rebounded quickly, signing Will Ferrell to replace Downey Jr. as the voice of the eponymous supervillain.  In addition Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, two Dreamworks Animation’s alums, have both thrown their lots in with “Oobermind” as well.  All the details after the jump.

One of the things I love about Danny McBride is how he variates his essential comic character. McBride usually plays one form of white trash or another but The Foot Fist Way’s Fred Simmons is different than Kenny Powers. Fred Simmons never had his lifestyle challenged, even with the Chuck “The Truck” stuff. Both men are delusional, but Fred managed to the big fish in a small pond. Kenny Powers, the main character of Eastbound and Down, was a superstar, and he’s still got the swagger way after he lost his arm, and his money. It’s a different sort of delusion, someone desperately clinging to the illusion that they’re still hot shit, which is different than someone who achieved something more than being the king of the demo. More after the jump:

Opening today is director Brad Silberling’s “Land of the Lost”. So to help promote the film, I recently interviewed Will Ferrell as a reporter for our partner website Omelete. As most of you already know, Collider and Omelete are partners. That’s why you see both of our logos in the movie clips and video interviews.

During our interview, Will talked about growing up with the show, how dirty the film is, hosting “Saturday Night Live”, “The B-Team”, and more. If you’re a fan of Will’s, you’ll love the interview.

• Has he been to Brazil before
• We talk about how dirty the film is
• Was he a fan of the TV show
• SNL talk - how did that last sketch come about
• B Team talk - says it’s his next project which they star this fall. Adam McKay is directing. Adam and Chris Henchy wrote the script. Will star’s in it with Mark Wahlberg. Says it’s their version of a buddy cop movie. They play desk cop’s that never get in on the action. Will be rated PG-13.

I don’t blame Universal for trying to sell “Land of the Lost” as a family film.  This is a big-budget summer movie based on a campy 70s TV show and so you’re going to highlight the T-Rex and maybe Will Ferrell dumping a vat of dinosaur urine over his head.  What you won’t highlight is a scene where Ferrell’s character whispers to Cha-Ka the ape-boy, “Fuck you.”  It’s clear that this movie was conceived of as a subversive, R-rated comedy and Universal said, “Are you bugfuck insane?  We’re not spending a hundred million dollars on that!” The compromise is a film that you’re not expecting even if you can totally predict its lead actor.

Anyone who expected “Anchorman 2″ to be Will Ferrell’s next project with director Adam McKay (”Step Brothers”, “Talladega Nights”, “Anchorman”), I’m sorry to have to tell you…it’s still on the drawing board. However, while we all wait for more comedic greatness in the world of Ron Burgundy, Will tells me that he’s getting ready to work with Adam again this fall on a buddy cop movie called “The B-Team” - which Adam co-wrote with Chris Henchy.

The film is set to star Will and Mark Wahlberg as two desk cops that never get in on the action. Will’s character is fine with it, but Mark’s not. According to Will, “The B-Team” will be rated PG-13. Here’s what Will had to say:

At this weekend’s press junket for “Land of the Lost”, I was able to participate in a roundtable interview with Will Ferrell. During the interview he gave us updates on the future of “Eastbound and Down”, “Man vs. Wild”, what’s up with his “Sherlock Holmes” movie with Sacha Baron Cohen, and “Anchorman 2″.

The big news is that his comedic take on “Sherlock Holmes” is in limbo until the other “Holmes” movie arrives later this year.

According to Will, “It’s just a question of the Robert Downey Jr. one that they’ve just shot which I think will come out during Christmas or something like that, I think everyone just wants to see - well, that one’s probably going to be a hit franchise, and whether that is something you want to go up against, would it just inform the audience to allow for us to do a comedy version, or would it feel like oh, we’re just trying to copy them, even though I think we wrote our script before they did, I don’t know. Yeah, we’re thinking about it.”

For more info on his various projects, continue reading after the jump:

Opening next weekend is director Brad Silberling’s “Land of the Lost”. As most of you already know, the film is based on the classic series by Sid & Marty Krofft and it stars Will Ferrell as Dr. Rick Marshall and Danny McBride, Anna Friel, and Jorma Taccone also star.

I saw a screening last night and have to say it’s a lot dirtier than I expected. In fact, I was quite surprised at how much they got away with for a PG-13 movie. If you thought this was just going to be some safe family film, you’re in for a surprise.

Anyway, to help promote the film we’ve been provided with six movie clips and three featurettes. They’re all after the jump - along with the full synopsis. Take a look:

For the past year or so we’ve been hearing about that much-anticipated sequel to “Anchorman”.  If you’ve been keeping track you know that the idea of revisiting Ron Burgundy and the gang comes up - religiously - every time one of the feature “Anchorman” players has a new movie coming out.  The fact that reporters keep asking the “Anchorman” question is a testament to how much people love and revere the original.

Will Ferrell is currently making the rounds with “Land of the Lost”, so you know what that means!  It is once again time to play “What’s up with Anchorman 2″?  At least this month we have something a bit more substantial than Paul Rudd’s “hopefully” to report.  According to Clint at Moviehole Ferrell told Australian radio hosts Jono and Dano that “everyone is meeting next week” to discuss their plans for “Anchorman 2″.

That “everyone” would include director Adam McKay as well as stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and, of course, Will Ferrell.  The fact that all four of these insanely busy and important men are making time to get together face to face implies some real forward momentum for “Anchorman 2″.  Finally.  Of course, we still don’t know if there’s a script or even a concept for the sequel - the most likely scenario still has the News 4 crew lost in the 1980’s - but I’m just happy to hear that “Anchorman 2″ has not been sacrificed to the ‘busy schedules’ god that has doomed so many promising projects.