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George W. Bush is on his way out of the White House. To honor, or perhaps dishonor, our soon-to-be past president and his eight years of service, Will Ferrell is bringing his impersonation of Bush to Broadway. Titled You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush, Ferrell's production is a one-man show written by the SNL alum and directed by his writing partner Adam McKay. It opens for previews on Jan. 20, the day Bush steps out of office, and will be available to the public from Feb. 1-Mar. 15. at the Cort Theater in New York.

Release Date: July 25

Director: Adam McKay

Writers: story by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay and John C. Reilly, screenplay by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay

Cinematographer: Oliver Wood

Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott

Studio/Run Time: Columbia Pictures, 95 mins.

Ever since he left his starring role on Saturday Night Live for superstardom in film, Will Ferrell’s many characters have been criticized as being pretty much all the same. They’re overgrown children, unable to cope with the world. Step Brothers’ strength is admitting this and turning it around into the premise for the film. Other than childishness, there is pretty much no other aspect to his character, Brennan Huff, or John C. Reilly’s Dale Doback, to the point where they’re literally beaten up on a schoolyard by bullies. It’s no longer about being an overgrown child as a racecar driver or news anchor; instead, it’s back to the basics and better because of it.