New “Land of the Lost” Trailer and Pictures

A new trailer and production stills for the upcoming Land of the Lost have been released and it looks pretty funny.  Starring Will Ferrell as a has-been scientist, the film seeks to breathe new life in to the classic television series.

With taglines like “the world’s greatest scientists agree…Dr. Rick Marshall is completely nuts” and catchphrases like “Matt Lauer can suck it!” you know that it’s going to be a typical Will Ferrell movie but I hope it doesn’t end up like Bewitched (another TV series turned film starring Ferrell that just fell flat, in my opinion). 

The plot revolves around Dr. Rick Marshall (Ferrell), his research assistant and a redneck survivalist who end up being sucked into a space-time vortex.  With no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world, they rely on an unlikely ally and navigate through a place of spectacular sights and super-scaled comedy

Land of the Lost co-stars Danny McBride, Anna Friel and Jorma Taccone and opens nationwide on June 5, 2009!

In the meantime you can check out the free iPhone game, Land of the Lost: Crystal Adventure or the trailer below.  The part where he’s on the Today show seriously cracks me up.  It seems like it would make a great family movie for the summer.  Watch it now:

images: Universal Pictures