Pitch sale: “The B Team”

Sony acquires comedy pitch “The B Team” from writer Chris Henchy and writer-director Adam McKay:

Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired “The B Team,” a spec pitch package for an Adam McKay-directed action comedy that will team Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops.

Sony intends to register the title “The B Team,” a potential hurdle given that 20th Century Fox is mobilizing a movie based on TV series “The A-Team,” with Joe Carnahan directing.

The comedy was pitched around town Tuesday by Endeavor and CAA, and Sony co-president Matt Tolmach moved quickly. Tolmach was comfortable committing to a film without a finished script because Columbia worked in the same fashion on “Talladega Nights” and “Step Brothers,” both of which were set up with a pitch and the collaborative track record of McKay and Ferrell.

Evidently McKay and Ferrell have been kicking around this idea for some time as evidenced by this Funny Or Die.com video:

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