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Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 11:08PM Ben Stiller Tweeting the Demise of 'Zoolander 2'?
First Anchorman, now Zoolander 2? Ben Stiller Tweeted this weekend that a sequel to the dumb model movie is anything but a sure thing: "Ron Burgundy and Derek Zoolander looking to appear in sequels. Both men destitute, without means or intellect to fund their own comebacks."
Both movies face one certain obstacle: Anything more than five years is an eternity for a sequel to a comedy. Anchorman has the added hurdle of Will Ferrell's uncertain box office performances. And even though Zoolander wasn't massive at the time, its stature has grown ever since, and could be a hit without much trouble. Or so you'd think.
The trouble with Twitter is that you've only got 140 characters wo work with. The trouble with a comedian Tweeting is you never know how serious he is. But there's some connective tissue here, namely that Paramount, which passed on Anchorman 2, is the same studio that would be producing a Zoolander sequel. So make of that what you will.
Stiller has already divulged some of what the story's about and Justin Theroux had been hired to write the script, so whether Paramount just got cold comedy feet, read a script everyone hated, or if Stiller's just rubbing sticks together to try to ignite an online spark is anyone's guess at this point.

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