Molly Shannon (Solely Murders Within the Constructing) is about to star reverse her former Saturday Night time Stay castmate Will Ferrell in his upcoming golf sequence for Netflix.
The untitled undertaking stars Ferrell, in his first TV comedy sequence, as a fictional golf legend. The ten-episode sequence has advanced considerably and may be very completely different than the unique Could 2024 announcement, which had Ferrell starring within the comedy alongside Ramy Youssef, with the 2 co-creating it alongside Josh Rabinowitz.
Youssef, Rabinowitz in addition to Andy Campagna of Youssef’s Cairo Cowboy banner all left the undertaking final yr as a result of artistic variations, sources stated.
New behind-the-scenes additions since then embrace Ferrell’s long-time collaborator Chris Henchy; Harper Steele, starred with Ferrell in his Netflix documentary Will & Harper; in addition to David Gordon Inexperienced and Andrew Visitor.
The 4 govt produce the sequence alongside Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor for Gloria Sanchez Productions. Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Nena Rodrigue are govt producers for T-Road.
Shannon and Ferrell are from the identical Saturday Night time Stay technology; she was on the venerable NBC late-night comedy from 1995-2021, he was from 1996-2002. Their many memorable sketches collectively embrace Canine Present.
Ferrell additionally starred reverse Shannon within the SNL offshoot function Celebrity. The duo just lately reunited for a Humorous or Die/Prime Video stint as Rose Parade hosts Twine Hosenbeck and Tish Cattigan
Shannon is coming off her main recurring position on Season 4 of Solely Murders Within the Constructing, for which she shared within the solid’s Finest Comedy Ensemble SAG Award. She’s going to subsequent be seen within the street journey comedy Driver’s Ed, Netflix’s Individuals We Meet On Trip, and Amazon-MGM’s action-comedy Balls Up. She is repped by UTA, Framework Leisure and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Youssef and his Cairo Cowboy firm and at present in improvement on an untitled Residing Facility sequence for Netflix with Steve Approach.
