Will Ferrell's Funny or Die Comedy Tour Presented by Semi-Pro Sells Out All Dates

Will Ferrell's Funny or Die Comedy Tour Presented by Semi-Pro Sells Out All Dates

Tour Leads Up To Feb. 29th Release of New Line Cinema Comedy Semi-Pro

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- All eight scheduled dates of Will Ferrell's Funny or Die Comedy Tour in support of the upcoming New Line Cinema comedy Semi-Pro have sold out, including the culminating show in New York's world famous Radio City Music Hall on February 24.

The tour, which debuted on Feb. 4 at Kansas State University to more than 7,000 rabid fans including Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius who met Will Ferrell after the show, is playing in arenas on seven college campuses and has sold more than 60,000 tickets The tour pairs Ferrell with comedians Zach Galifianakis, Demetri Martin and Nick Swardson for a rousing evening of innovative stand-up comedy and exclusive video clips from FunnyorDie.com and the upcoming film Semi-Pro, which stars Will Ferrell. Additionally, visitors to the official Semi-Pro website (http://www.semipromovie.com/) will be able to follow the behind-the-scenes adventures of the tour through a special blog chronicling the tour.

Dates and venues for the tour are as follows:

February 4: Kansas State University
February 5: Michigan State University
February 6: The Ohio State University
February 11: Penn State University
February 12: University of Rhode Island
February 13: Boston College
February 22: UNC Chapel Hill
February 24: Radio City Music Hall, New York

Will Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA -- a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon's franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible -- win. Semi-Pro co-stars Woody Harrelson (Anger Management, White Men Can't Jump), Will Arnett (Blades of Glory, "Arrested Development"), Andre Benjamin (Four Brothers, music group Outkast), Rob Corddry, Maura Tierney, Josh Braaten, DeRay Davis, Jay Phillips, Jackie Earle Haley and Andy Richter. The film is written by Scot Armstrong (Old School), directed by Kent Alterman, produced by Jimmy Miller, and will be released on February 29, 2008.

FunnyorDie.com, launched in April of 2007, is one of the most visited comedy sites on the web according to publicly available data at http://www.quantcast.com/. In the past month, FunnyorDie.com was featured in Adweek's "Digital Hot List," and has had 3.6 million unique visitors, 17 million page views, and 35 million video views. The award-winning video "The Landlord," featuring Ferrell and McKay, is among the top three most watched videos on the web, having been viewed over 49 million times since its April debut. For comedic celebrities, FunnyorDie.com has quickly become the "place to be seen" on the Web, and for users, FunnyorDie.com is simply the best place to go online to easily find 20 minutes or more of laughter every day.

About New Line Cinema Corporation:

New Line Cinema is the most successful independent film company in the world. Its mission is to produce innovative, popular and profitable entertainment in the best creative environment. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater, merchandising and an international unit. In 2005, New Line partnered with HBO to form Picturehouse, a new theatrical distribution company to release independent films. A pioneer in franchise filmmaking, New Line's Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most successful film franchises in history. New Line is a division of Time Warner, Inc. (TWX).

Contact:
Candice McDonough
(310) 967-6991
candice.mcdonough@newline.com

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Web sites:

http://www.semipromovie.com

http://www.FunnyorDie.com

http://www.quantcast.com

Source: New Line Cinema

CONTACT: Candice McDonough of New Line Cinema, +1-310-967-6991,
candice.mcdonough@newline.com

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