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An eyewitness has reported to Hollywood.com that West was filming a scene on a rooftop with Paul Rudd and Christina Applegate. Honestly, that could have been anyone and this should only be considered a rumor. Says the witness, “he required an umbrella for shade most of the time he was on the roof.” Yeah, okay. So I guess Kanye is in this movie now.

THR reports that she will play a “surprise, uncredited” role in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Way to ruin the surprise, THR. You’ve robbed audiences of the joy that comes with saying, “Oh hey. Isn’t that Nicole Kidman? Yep. Yep. Definitely Nicole Kidman. I recognize her from one of the bad Batman movies.”

Backing up that assumption comes news that Kristen Wiig is being eyed to play a love interest — for mentally-disabled weatherman Brick Tamland. The deal hasn’t been finalized yet, but Wiig would crush in that role. Although we’re horrified to see what Wiig will bring to the table. How does one top this:

(The Wrap)

Yeah, probably.

While doing press in the UK, Vaughn spoke to his involvement in the sequel and offered up some dream casting for the role of his mom, who really is such a saint.

“The chances are better than not that Wes Mantooth will be there,” he said.

And what of his Moms?

 ”I don’t know if anyone can fill that role, she’s such a saint. Angela Lansbury as Dorothy?”

Mmmmm… Lansbury’s okay and all, but there’s only one actress for Dorothy in my heart. And that would be Gert. She’s got saint written all over her.

(via Digital Spy)

I ended up doing that wrong.

Anyhow, while we patiently wait with our hands folded for the Anchorman 2 teaser trailer to power-slide its way online, we’ll have to make due with this teaser poster. As you can see, the Channel 4 news team has reassembled. Or at least their lower halves have. Actually, it looks like two of the guys only have one leg each now. So I can safely say that 37.5% of the Channel 4 news team has reassembled. Even so, I’m impressed. Those are nice wrinkle-free pants. Which is more than I can say for you, Daniel Craig.

That sounds like a very quick turnaround time, until you realize that the script to the original Step Brothers was probably scribbled on a pizza box with the words “wine mixer” and “boats and hos” underlined and circled several times.

This news means that the public will probably have to wait for Ferrell’s Thanksgiving football comedy Three Mississippi, which creates quite the dilemma. Do we root for Step Brothers 2, a wildly unnecessary (but probably hilarious) sequel, or do we root for Three Mississippi an original film, but not “original” in that Ferrell has done like a thousand sports comedies, and they’re generally his weakest stuff?

It’s conceivable that he could rock Step Brothers 2, then Three Mississippi, but considering the latter would probably require a holiday release, the timing won’t be easy. Maybe he could just make some more Funny or Die videos with that baby.

2018 may be not be too gross an exaggeration for an Anchorman 2 timeline, as Ferrell claimed that Universal were being “idiots” in not being able to get the numbers to pencil for the widely-anticipated sequel. Of course, their reservations may be warranted consideirng Ferrell and McKay last proposed Anchorman 2 as a musical. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be awesome, but I understand why they aren’t falling all over themselves to get it done ASAP.

So, rather than hold your breath for Anchorman 2, you may want to take in a deep breath of Southern Rivals. Try not to inhale any beard hairs. (Playlist)

Ever since the news that an Anchorman sequel would not happen, I’ve been very sad. Food doesn’t taste right and I don’t notice the birds singing anymore. The news should make no one sadder than director Adam McKay, who seems to have accepted the loss. In fact, he’s looking onward and upward.

ScreenJunkies caught up with the director of The Other Guys over the weekend and he told us he’s interested in bringing back Brennan and Dale for a sequel to the cult comedy Step Brothers. That poses important questions. Where would he take the characters? How have they grown?? And why doesn’t he secretly film an Anchorman sequel using the Step Brothers funding? If not for me, do it for Christina Applegate.

FIND OUT THE STE BROTHERS 2 PLOT DETAILS AFTER THE JUMP…

McKay: “We’re kicking around the idea of Step Brothers 2. We feel like there’s way more fat to be mined there. While it isn’t quite the legend that Anchorman is, it has built kind of a nice following. We think it could be a pretty fun one.”
 
SJ: What would the plot of the sequel be?

“A different kind of immature. The idea is that when we meet them, they’ve gotten more mature. They actually have jobs. They actually do have a semblance of a life. One of them’s married and has a kid. They’re still kind of goofballs but they’v taken three or four steps. Then we have an idea for something happens that knocks him back to square one, and one of the brothers, John C. Reilly sort of instigates it, like ‘we can’t take this anymore.’ And things go really bad, they’re lives kind of fall apart. They have to pull it back together is sort of the basic structure. I won’t say the ideas but we have a couple ideas. We had ideas in the first one that we never did that we always thought were pretty funny.”
 
SJ: If you couldn’t get Anchorman 2 greenlit, how will you be able to do so with a less popular film?

McKay: “I think any sequel you’re up against it. I think the legendary comedy is worse to do a sequel to. We kind of knew going into it that it would never be as good as the first one. You just have to accept it and move ahead. I mean, Godfather II I think is the only one maybe better than the first, right? Empire better than Star Wars, I don’t know about that. Terminator 2 is interesting. It’s still tough though, that original idea out of the gate. Godfather II changed it up enough, that was the trick that it became a different world.”

(Source: Fred Topel)

As previously reported, Adam McKay has a serious case of the frownies today. After severely cutting the budget, Anchorman 2 is still a no-go with Paramount. There was a glimmer of hope earlier this week when the original cast agreed to cut their prices, but Paramount decided to pass all the same.

I imagine it went something like this:

ADAM McKAY: So there you have it, The Further Legends of Ron Burgundy!!

PARAMOUNT EXEC: Very funny. But I’ll need to consult with my adviser.

SLAMS MAGIC 8 BALL DOWN ON DESK.

PARMOUNT EXEC: Oooh. It is decidely not so. MWUHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!

MAGIC 8 BALL: MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

A TEAM OF BAYWATCH WRITERS CLOSES DOOR ON McKAY’S FACE.

(via /Film)

In 2004, Anchorman swept through theaters and supplied comedy nerds, Snorg Tees, and douchebags on MTV dating shows with catchphrases galore. Sadly, the unjust box office failure of Brüno has caused a catchphrase drought, one that won’t be remedied by the Channel 4 news team apparently. After failing to reunite all the players for Anchorman 2, Will Ferrell is waving the white flag of surrender. He tells IMDB, "I thought we were doing it. Now I’ve heard it’s going to be too hard to get everyone together."

That’s sad for the many fans of Anchorman, but totally understandable. Will Ferrell, Steve Carrell Paul Rudd, and David Koechner are far too busy providing cameos in one another’s movies to actually get together to film a movie.