Kanye West has cancelled the remain of his Saint Pablo tour after a bizarre rant earlier this week. Credit:AP "Rather than take himself too seriously, he feels it has to be a comedy and not a preachy film." Ferrell's longtime collaborator, Oscar-nominatedThe Big Short director Adam McKay, is also involved in the project, the UK's Mirror reports. The 39-year-old rapper's big love for Ferrell isn't exactly unknown. Back in February, he excitedly voiced his appreciation after seeing Zoolander 2 for the "second time" (that's about two times more than most of the world saw it).

Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate in Anchorman. "Will Ferrell has reached walking living breathing god status!," he tweeted. "I just want to thank Will Ferrell for the years of joy he has brought into my life with amazing comedy." A discerning lover of goofball flicks, Kanye also famously used a sample from Ferrell's Blades Of Glory in his hit with Jay Z, N----s In Paris, and has referenced Step Brothers, Anchorman and Elf numerous times in his songs. The two also briefly shared screen time in 2013's Anchorman 2, with Kanye cameoing opposite Ferrell's Ron Burgundy, as "Wesley Jackson from the MTV News team" in the movie's all-star rumble finale.

Regardless of who might take the lead, the rapper's life is begging for the big-screen treatment. An art school kid from Chicago's South Side, raised by an English professor mother, Kanye dropped painting for music after earning a local reputation for his soul-sampling production. His career beginnings as a rapper coincided with a car accident that left his jaw wired shut for six weeks, a period articulated on his early hit, Through The Wire. Two months after the release of his then biggest album Graduation in 2007, the rapper's mother passed away following complications from cosmetic surgery. In the years since, he's become as renowned for his inventive raps as his provocative rants, whether speaking out on injustices big (George W. Bush's lazy response to the Black community in need following Hurricane Katrina) or small (that time Taylor Swift took an MTV Award that Beyonce probably deserved) or, well, I don't even know ("I strongly dislike suit jackets. I used the word dislike because I hate the word hate," goes one of his trademark tweets).

And yet, there's another insane chapter perhaps still left unwritten for the film: Kanye is set for a political showdown with Donald Trump in 2020, if his claims to "run for president" are still to be believed. "I don't have views on politics, I just have a view on humanity, on people, on the truth. If there is anything I can do with my time and my day to somehow make a difference while I'm alive, I'm going to try to do it," he cryptically told BBC Radio this week, when asked about his presidential ambitions.

Considering Trump's shock win last week, the internet's hopes have ballooned (because clearly anything is possible now). "If white people wanna elect joke candidates, two can play at that game," went one viral tweet this week, citing the hashtag #Yeezy2020.