A Million Ways to Die in the West

A Million Ways to Die in the West is an upcoming 2014 American western comedy film produced and directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. The film will star MacFarlane himself along with Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Neil Patrick Harris. Produced by Media Rights Capital and distributed by Universal Pictures,the film is scheduled to be released on May 30, 2014.
In 1882 Arizona, Albert (Seth MacFarlane), a sheep farmer who lacks courage, loses his beloved girlfriend Louise (Amanda Seyfried) as a result of his withdrawal from a duel. He soon meets another woman named Anna (Charlize Theron), discovering his bravery and confidence. The herder soon realizes his true potential when the woman's spouse (Liam Neeson), an infamous criminal, demands payback.
Overall, the film needs work, and may lose some of the softer and/or controversial gags before its release (a shooting gallery featuring runaway slaves as the targets caused several African-Americans to loudly protest in the middle of the movie, and some arguably mean-spirited Native-American jokes went right over the heads of the audience), but as a pure laugh-fest, it's not-bad bordering on pretty good.

If Seth can whittle down the more tedious scenes and plot elements, and only highlights the gags, the film could be a really fun western-comedy that proves his talents as a leading man, if not as a director of large-scale movies. But the engine that moves the narrative along is used up, there are precious little surprises in terms of plot, and the romantic element feels shoehorned in and continually drives the momentum to a screeching halt. It's one thing to keep making us laugh taking our 1 hr. 56 min.