Will Ferrell Replacing Steve Carell on The Office?

If there's one guy who can play a worse boss than Steve Carell, it's Will Ferrell -- and the movie star is set to do just that.

Ferrell, a long-time friend and co-star of Carell -- the two featured together in 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' -- will join the workplace comedy for a four episode arc near the end of this season, Deadline.com reports.

Carell's Emmy-winning time on 'The Office' is winding down, and the show has been waiting to reveal his replacement at Dunder Mifflin. Ferrell will play a branch manager that comes in as Carell's Michael Scott begins leaving, and will take over for at least one episode.

"We are proud to continue The Office's tradition of discovering famous talent," 'The Office' show runner Paul Lieberstein (who plays Toby on the show) said, "and we hope that once America gets a good look at Will, they'll see what we see, tremendous raw sexuality."

Farrell and Carell's careers often intertwine: Carell tried out for 'Saturday Night Live,' claiming he lost out to Farrell, and they starred together in 2005's 'Bewitched.'

Gone But Not Forgotten: Elizabeth Montgomery Would Have Been 75 Today

She is gone from this Earth, but the lovely Elizabeth Montgomery will never be forgotten. Thank God we have eight seasons worth of episodes of Bewitched to remember her by.

Elizabeth, daughter of actor Robert Montgomery, died at the age of 62 from cancer. She was notoriously press shy and rarely did interviews. She was also sensitve about her age.

Here's a clip from Bewitched where she played her cousin Serena who fancied herself a pop star in this episode and sings “The Iffin Song.” Enjoy!