Will Ferrell has signed on to play former FIFA executive Chuck Blazer in an upcoming role.

Blazer admitted that he and other FIFA executives received bribes to vote for France and South Africa to host the 1998 and 2010 World Cup.

The project, set for HBO, will be based on the book American Huckster: How Chuck Blazer Got Rich From -- And Sold Out -- The Most Powerful Cabal In World Sports by Mary Papenfuss and Teri Thompson.