Ed Helms has signed on to star in the indie comedy Cedar Rapids.
The film tells the story of a wholesome and naive small-town Wisconsin man (Helms), who, when his role model dies, must represent his company at a regional insurance conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where his mind is blown by the big-town experience.
There is currently no distributor lined up but it’s expected to go to Fox Searchlight.
So this is another one to add to the watch list. Ed Helms is awesome in everything he does and with the overwhelming success of The Hangover he’s sure to get even more roles in the future. His next film is The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard which opens in August and looks damn hilarious.
Wow, what a slow news day. It’s seems that every piece of news today was either about some boring ass film I have absolutely no interest in or was about some actor/writer/director changing agencies.
Never mind, because here’s the first poster for The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. As I stated before when I posted the red band trailer, this film looks f’ing awesome.
Starring a shit-ton of great comedic actors including Jeremy Piven, Will Ferrell, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, and Tony Hale, the film tells the story of a used-car liquidator (Piven) who is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.