"Anchorman 2" planned

From the Byron Hadley of the board, Ferrell can wear that comment like a badge of honor.

 

thirded.

 

Does any comedy really NEED a sequel? Of course not. Yet since most comedies are throw away in nature, a sequel doesn't kill the the first.

 

And 1.

 

I liked Anchorman a lot, but it doesn't need a sequel.

 

Agree 100%. His next funny performance will be his first.

 

Now that's funny.

 

I was JUST going to post the same thing.

It's called "Wake Up, Ron Burgundy" and is a 90-minute movie composed solely of stuff edited out of the original. It was part of a two-disc release available only at Best Buy.

Pretty funny, plus Chuck D. has a starring role -- always a bonus in my book.

 

Anchorman 2 will be a waste of time and movie money. But hey, they made six Rockys. Anything's possible.

 

Anchorman 2: The cable years. Ron Burgundy, down on his luck, takes a job with an upstart cable news outlet based in the south. His job is to mostly kill time between the noon news and the evening news by interviewing zookeepers, 100-year-old birthday people and and kids taking the tour of the newsroom when he's not transfixed on a highway pursuit in California or a live shot from a war zone. He'd eventually get his big comeback break and go cover the war (complete with bush jacket) and let the comedy ensue. They could make it work.

I agree about the general sentiment though. Ferrell is best as a sideman, rather than a leading man. Though he was good in Stranger than Fiction. His movies have underperformed of late.

 

Quiz: Which of his movies made the most at the box office?

EDIT: Movies with him in the starring role, so don't guess Austin Powers or Wedding Crashers.