This weekend at the junket for "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby", Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay told CHUD they see the new movie as the second in their 'Mediocre American Man' trilogy ("Anchorman" was the first).

Ferrell explained the "Mediocre American Man" concept: "That's a term that kind of happened. It's endlessly fascinating to us, and it's really funny - people who think they're great who are not. Who are far from it. There's something really humorous about unearned confidence that makes us laugh. That feels like something we'll always go back to."

McKay wasn't willing to spill the beans on the third film just yet. "We have two ideas. The first idea we had was him as a CEO, but that seems to be fading. We had CEO, we had him as an astronaut and now we have a third one, which is the one we're kind of leaning towards but I won't say it. We haven't sold the pitch yet, so if I say it, it could let the air out. We're tired of threading [the PG-13] needle" says McKay.br>
Before that, Ferrell & McKay will re-team with John C Reilly on an R-rated domestic comedy.