Before They Get Stale: Will Forte, Harold Ramis and Zach Galifianakis

Jorma Taccone is set to direct the MacGruber movie. Will Forte and Kristen Wiig will be reprising their roles, and Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe might also star in the film. [Variety]

Mike Sacks talks about interviewing comedy writers, "…Writing comedy all day long is a job. If you do anything all day every day, you’d get bored. Even if you were f–ing all day, you’d get bored." [Brooklyn Paper]

Harold Ramis talks about the difficulties of creating a Ghostbusters sequel. They've already added a baby to the franchise with Ghostbusters 2, so unless they add a talking dog, I'm stumped for the follow up. [/film]

Adam Dread, a local stand-up from Nashville, is standing up (genius!) against an absurd law allowing guns in bars. [Natucket Independent]

Vulture compiled a list of all the jokes Bruno was telling during his film's promotion. [NY Mag]

Zach Galifianakis's name is connected to numerous projects, although he has yet to sign on to any new films. May I suggest Between Two Ferns: The Movie? [Risky Business]

Here's a list of the biggest duds in television spin-off history. You mean you can't just take side characters from a popular series, move them to a different environment, and have a guaranteed hit on your hands? [Celebridiot via LNWJF]

The Lost producers are holding a contest. If you can write a Lost theme song, they will play it during Comic Con. It's not about how good the theme song is. It's about when good it is. [TV Squad]

I didn't know Roland Emmerich's upcoming film 2012 was going to be this funky. If this movie isn't as good as this trailer promises, I'm going to feel Shaft-ed. [Movieline]

Elephant Larry creates a tragic tale of time travel. I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from typing that Shaft joke I just wrote. [College Humor]