[6] Written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, Friends with Kids also starred Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Chris O'Dowd.
In 2012, McFarland went on to executive produce the dramatic thriller, Out of the Furnace, starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, and Forest Whitaker, and directed by Scott Cooper.
In 2013, McFarland completed production on Horns, a supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple and directed by Alexandre Aja.
The film featured Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels again playing Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, respectively, and was released on November 14, 2014, by Universal Pictures.
[17] In 2019, McFarland agreed to voluntarily surrender to the US government a series of luxury goods allegedly bought with money that could be traced back to the Malaysian 1MDB state fund.
[18] In November 2022, at the Los Angeles premiere for Emancipation, McFarland gave a red carpet interview revealing an original 1863 photograph from his pocket of Gordon, who the film is based on.