Will Ferrell (SNL, The Shrink Next Door) is making a rare foray into scripted television in a big way. The former SNL star, whose acting credits have mainly focused on films, is co-creating the new Netflix comedy series GOLF alongside Ramy Youssef (Ramy) and Josh Rabinowitz (The Carmichael Show).
Ferrell and Youssef are set to star. In his first leading role in a comedy series, Ferrell will star as a fictional golf legend.
Details regarding Youssef’s role are under wraps. Ferrell was previously developing a series following a professional golfer who becomes the face of a controversial new league competing with the PGA, as Deadline reported exclusively back in 2023. “It also evokes one of Ferrell’s signature movies, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
The series is in a similar tone, I hear, bringing Ferrell back to the sports arena he also explored in Blades of Glory and Semi-Pro,” the story revealed.
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