Although Will & Harper won plenty of hearts, it failed to secure an Oscar nomination. Following the success of his and fellow SNL alum Harper Steele‘s Netflix documentary, Will Ferrell jokingly called out The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for snubbing their film.

Ferrell should be quite familiar with the taunt — "suck it" was infamously hurled at him on "SNL" when he played Alex Trebek in a "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch.Sean Connery, is that you?Will Ferrell did not pull any punches (but might have cracked a few jokes and a Saturday Night Live callback) when it came to addressing his documentary,

Will Ferrell gave the proverbial middle finger to the Oscars. The “Anchorman” actor, 57, joked about the Academy snubbing his inspiring documentary, “Will & Harper,” from the 2025 nominations list. “Ask me if we got Oscar-nominated,” Ferrell said to Stephen Colbert on a recent episode of “The Late Show.”

You don’t want to hang out with the doc branch,” quipped Ferrell in an interview with Stephen Colbert about his movie’s lack of Oscar recognition

Will Ferrell jokingly blamed the 'doc branch' of the Academy for his failure to land an Oscar nod for 'Will & Harper'

While Will & Harper was shortlisted for the Oscars, the final nominees were Black Box Diaries, No Other Land, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, and Sugarcane. The 97th Academy Awards air Sunday, March 2 on ABC.

Will Ferrell expresses his displeasure with the Academy for snubbing his documentary in a cheeky moment during an appearance on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'. Ferrell mocked the Academy and its documentary branch,