'Anchorman' Sequel Going to the Moon?

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'Anchorman' Sequel Going to the Moon?

Friday, August 15, 2008 at 3:34PM

Is Anchorman best left as it is? Although Will Ferrell has not exactly showed a great deal of versatility in his most successful films - they're all variations on the giant, screaming manchild character - he has never made a sequel, even though Old School, Talladega Nights, and Anchorman (and now, maybe, Step Brothers) have all performed very well. Usually, that's the only criterion for making a follow-up.

But there has been discussion and opinion about an Anchorman sequel since before the original film even opened. I remember attending the junket and Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay both said they'd like to come back to Ron Burgundy and the Channel 4 News Team because they had so much material left to cover. That talk has intensified recently, since Step Brothers is another Ferrell/McKay collaboration, and now Paul Rudd, who memorably played field reporter Brian Fantana, has chimed in on what he knows.

Talking to MTV, Rudd said, "Last I heard they were starting to write it and they were thinking about setting it in the eighties." That makes sense, because it allows the queso factor to remain strong while advancing the story of the characters a few years.

However, Rudd cautions, “[But] I know when we were shooting it Adam said if they ever did something it would have to be really weird like we were on the moon or something. I think it has to go even further if it was to work.”

Let's hope it doesn't get to that point. Anchorman on the Moon kind of defeats the purpose, because the gimmick would be more ludicrous than Ron, Brian, Brick, and Champ. A lot of people are down on the sequel, but that group doesn't appear to include any of the original cast or the director. So, because of the strong box office of Step Brothers, I think this has a better chance than ever of happening. Maybe they can even find a role for John C. Reilly in the sequel.

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of cource john c can get a role

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 |

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