Will Ferrell to play corrupt soccer mogul for HBO
It’s been 14 years since Will Ferrell starred in Kicking & Screaming, a movie that had something to do with soccer and prominently featured Mike Ditka in what we assume was a not-so-elaborate gag on the fact that most of the world calls soccer “football.” Now, finally, Will Ferrell is returning to the world of soccer fiction with HBO’s adaptation of American Huckster: How Chuck Blazer Got Rich From—And Sold Out—The Most Powerful Cabal In World Sports by Mary Papenfuss and Teri Thompson. Before we get into what this is, though, can we just say that the titles of non-fiction books have gotten out of control? Is the book business so brutal that consumers can’t even be bothered to look at the bag of a book to understand that American Huckster is about a guy named Chuck Blazer who got fired from—and sold out—the most powerful cabal in world sports? Actually yeah, probably.