Will Ferrell's Son Magnus, 20, AttendsYou're Cordially InvitedPremiere, Reveals How Dad Got His Song Into Movie (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Magnus and Will Ferrell at Lincoln Center on January 28, 2025 in New York City.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty

Will FerrellandReese Witherspoon’s latest film,You’re Cordially Invited,is a family affair on and off screen!

Magnus tells PEOPLE what it was like to get his song “Slow Down" — a collaboration with Witherspoon’s son Deacon, 21 — featured in the upcoming movie. He says that while his dad was in the middle of filming, he and his roommate at USC “were kind of in a rut, and wanted to make something weird and out-of-the-box.”

The pair then experimented and made a “really weird-sounding, super-fast, kind of Latin" song, he tells PEOPLE, adding that they shelved it until Magnus decided to send it to his dad.

“Then he was like, ‘Hey, we’re filming but they don’t have this song yet in this party scene. I showed them yours and they’d love to use it,’ ” Magnus recalls. “I was like, ‘Yeah, please. Let’s do it!’ Just super fortunate to actually be a part of something.”

Magnus Ferrell on January 28, 2025 in New York City.Michael Loccisano/WireImage

Michael Loccisano/WireImage

The young musician was recently signed to Republic Records and tells PEOPLE the Tuesday event is “the first major thing [he’s] been able to do.” He adds that being signed has been “special” and “surreal,” and he’s “just excited to get going."

“I’ve got such an amazing support system and people that really believe in me,” he says. “I’m just so lucky that I found such a good group of people."

Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon on January 28, 2025 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Although Margot and Jim don’t know each other, their worlds soon collide when they find out their respective wedding parties have been accidentally double-booked at the same remote venue. Quickly, chaos ensues as they’re forced to battle it out for the best picture-perfect ceremony.

Jimmy Tatro,Leanne Morgan,Ramona Young,Jack McBrayer,Celia Weston, Vinny Thomas, Rory Scovel, Stony Blyden and Keyla Monterroso Mejia also star in the Nicholas Stoller-directed film.

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You’re Cordially Invitedis available for streaming on Prime Video on Thursday, Jan. 30.

source: people.com