IN JULY 2009, THE WORLD will embark on an amazing expedition! Planned for full-scale release in July 2009, Land of the Lost is an all-new comedy adventure film from Universal based on a classic television series. The film will be one of the company's most prestigious releases of the year and feature visual effects and animation from Industrial Light & Magic and Spectral Motion.

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Will Ferrell stars as has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, sucked into a space-time vortex and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world—a place of spectacular sights and super-scaled comedy known as the Land of the Lost.

Alongside him for the adventure are crack-smart research assistant Holly (Anna Friel) and a redneck survivalist (Danny McBride) named Will. Chased by T. Rex and stalked by painfully slow reptiles known as Sleestaks, Marshall, Will and Holly must rely on their only ally - a primate called Chaka (Jorma Taccone) - to navigate out of the hybrid dimension. Escape from this routine expedition gone awry and they’re heroes. Get stuck, and they’ll be permanent refugees in the Land of the Lost.

The original Land of the Lost TV series aired Saturday mornings on NBC starting in 1974 and became an instant hit in the US. A science fiction show for a younger audience, Land of the Lost was an adventure story of a lost family trying to survive and find their way back home.