Opening in theaters on March 16th is the new Spanish-language comedy Casa de Mi Padre from director Matt Piedmont (Saturday Night Live), and producers Adam McKay (The Other Guys) and Will Ferrell (Old School). The film stars Ferrell in a completely non-English speaking role along with an excellent cast of Mexican and American actors including Gael Garcia Bernal (Y tu mama tambien), Diego Luna (Milk), Genesis Rodriguez (Man on a Ledge), Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite), Hector Jimenez (Nacho Libre), and Nick Offerman (21 Jump Street). 

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had the a chance to sit down with Diego Luna and, Genesis Rodriguez to discuss their new film Casa de Mi Padre. The two actors talked about the new movie, their characters, their reaction to the idea of being in a Spanish-language Will Ferrell movie, Ferrell's impressive multi-cultural performance, actually playing a bad actor playing the character, why the Spanish community will embrace the film, and the movie's unique originality. 

Opening in theaters on March 16th is the new Spanish-language comedy Casa de Mi Padre from director Matt Piedmont (Saturday Night Live), and producers Adam McKay (The Other Guys) and Will Ferrell (Old School). The film stars Ferrell in a completely non-English speaking role along with an excellent cast of Mexican and American actors including Gael Garcia Bernal (Y tu mama tambien), Diego Luna (Milk), Genesis Rodriguez (Man on a Ledge), Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite), Hector Jimenez (Nacho Libre), and Nick Offerman (21 Jump Street). 

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had the pleasure of sitting down with actor and comedian Will Ferrell to talk about his new film Casa de Mi Padre. The hilarious actor discussed the film, his character, the challenges of making a Spanish-language movie, how he learned the complicated language, what new language he wants to master for his next film, ideas for possible sequels, Armando's love for his brother and the affair he has with his brother's wife, what qualities are important in a Will Ferrell character, and the film's Carpenters inspired end-credit musical number. 

Synopsis: Armando Alvarez has lived and worked on his father’s ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando’s younger brother Raul  shows up with his new fiancee, Sonia and pledges to settle all his father’s debts. It seems that Raul’s success as an international businessman means the ranch’s troubles are over, but when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul’s business dealings turn out to be less than legit, the Alvarez family finds themselves in a full-out war with Mexico’s most feared drug lord, the mighty Onza.

Opening in theaters on January 27th is a new thriller from director Asger Leth (Ghosts of Cite Soleil) called Man on a Ledge. The film features an excellent cast of young and veteran actors including Sam Worthington (Texas Killing Fields), Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games), Jaime Bell (The Eagle), Anthony Mackie (Real Steel), Edward Burns (Newlyweds), Genesis Rodriguez (TV's Entourage), Titus Welliver (TV's Lost), Kyra Sedgwick (TV's The Closer), and Ed Harris (The Rock). 

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had an opportunity to sit down and speak with actor Edward Burns about his role in Man on a Ledge. Burns discussed the new film, why he took the role, what he looks for in Hollywood scripts, playing a New York cop, collaborating with Elizabeth Banks, working opposite Titus Welliver, and what it feels like to actually walk out on the ledge of a building. 

Just about a month ago, the first official trailer for Casa de mi Padre provided a very brief, thirty-second glimpse at the wondrous lunacy of the upcoming comedy.  Now, a full theatrical trailer offers a double-barreled blast of gleeful ridiculousness from the film, which stars Will Ferrell as a poor ranch hand.  That might not sound terribly odd, until you consider that Casa de mi Padre contains only a tiny amount of English; it's done in the overblown, melodramatic style of a Mexican soap opera, up to and included almost exclusively Spanish dialogue.  The film is produced by Ferrell's frequent director Adam McKay, and based on this trailer, it contains the happily anarchic, strange spirit of their best work together.

Two weeks ago, the first official trailer for Casa de mi Padre took thirty quick seconds to introduce Armando Alvarez, the hero played by Will Ferrell.  With that bombastic teaser heralding the coming of this man amongst men, there are now two eye-catching posters for the comedy, both of which play up Alvarez's indomitable masculinity.  Hopefully, that will override the average American moviegoer's aversion to subtitles.  Casa de mi Padre is done in the over-the-top style of a Mexican soap opera, and as such contains only a tiny bit of English, with Ferrell and the rest of the cast speaking Spanish the whole time.

Last week we saw two posters for Casa de mi Padre, the comedy that has Will Ferrell playing Mexican ranch hand Armando Alvarez.  Today, a really quick teaser trailer for the film arrived online, and it provides just the smallest sampling of the lunacy sure to be contained in the film, which is done in the style of a Spanish-language soap opera and contains only a minimal amount of English.  This thirty-second introductory teaser doesn't really clue audiences in to that fact, what with most people's aversion to subtitles and all, but instead gets some good trailer voice going and relies on Will Ferrell being goofy.  The inarguable highlight of this half minute, though, is definitely Diego Luna wielding two handguns, John Woo-style.

Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who worked together in both Y tu mamá también and Rudo y Cursi have just signed on to work with Will Ferrell in Casa de mi padre.