Will Ferrell is not a man who immediately looks like he’d be a rugged adventurer setting off to do incredible and dangerous feats. However, it looks like he’s going to give it a go – or at least the character he’s planning to play in Ice Pack will – according to Deadline.
Loosely based on a true story, the film will follow, ‘the most unlikely snowy Arctic expedition in history — when a group of Minnesota guys in 1968 acted on a whim hatched on a night of drinking and set off to ride snowmobiles to the North Pole.’ Despite not exactly being a typical crew, the adventurers managed to secure a bit of sponsorship and the support of the National Geographic Society, and went to to try and be the first people ever to make it to the North Poles on snowmobiles.
The backers have bought Guy Lawson’s New York Times Magazine article, called, ‘Ice Pack: An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole.’ The plan is to build the movie around Ferrell, although it’s not clear when they plan to shoot it.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Will Ferrell
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