NALA films was teaming up with Well Ferrell and others in 2010 to produce Spanish language comedy Casa de mi padre, to be financed by NALA, and to star Will Ferrell, who needed to learn Spanish.
In August 2010, Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Carmano Loquet of NALA Films announced that they were teaming up with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, and Jessica Elbaum of Gary Sanchez Productions to produce the Spanish-language comedy, Casa de mi padre, starring Will Ferrell. Producer Darlene Caamano Loquet stated, "We are just thrilled he [Ferrell] is on board and are moving full steam ahead since we have one month to teach him Spanish". 
