The official trailer just hit for The Campaign starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as political rivals in a North Carolina Congressional race. Ferrell plays the incumbent Cam Brady who has been running unopposed his entire career until Galifianakis’ Marty Huggins, the director of the local tourism center, shows up to run against him.
Check out the trailer after the jump.
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Jay Roach previously worked on comedies such as Austin Powers and Meet the Parents, however he has recently been working on political dramas for HBO such as Recount and the more recent Game Change. It seems he is combining his talents in this new film. Which… is awesome.
Also starring Dylan McDermott and Jason Sudeikis, The Campaign opens wide on August 10, 2012.
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors’ support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family’s political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about.
As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy from “Meet the Parents” director Jay Roach that takes today’s political circus to its logical next level. Because even when you think campaign ethics have hit rock bottom, there’s room to dig a whole lot deeper.