Steve Carell was on a press junket appearance for his new film Date Night, and he was caught talking about the much anticipated but vacant Anchorman sequel.
On where things are now…
“We’re all absolutely into it happening. [The first film] was fun. That was really fun to do. [But] they haven’t written a script yet. … I don’t think they’ve [even] decided on a story line yet.”On speaking with star Will Ferrell…
“I spoke to Will about ‘Anchorman 2’ about two weeks ago. We would all want to do another one.”On his own hold-ups…
“There’s a script written for ‘Get Smart 2’ that may or may not be made at some point. I think it turned out well. I think the script is good. It’s just a matter of whether [the studio is] going to pull the trigger on it.”
Rumours of an Anchorman script to be set in the 80s staging a comeback for Ron Burgundy to utter silliness of having Ron Burgundy frozen then brought back in the future to be the Anchorman on the Moon. But it looks like there isn’t a script or even a vision for a sequel short of their desire to do it.
I think Carell has set his career up nicely with solid TV work and strategic feature films that give us all the silly Carell we can handle without overwhelming us with his style of comedy so we get tired of him.
I was very impressed with his Maxwell Smart in Get Smart (I grew up on the original series) and he just doesn’t look like he is slowing down, but the key to that is not speeding up.
I would be all for an Anchorman 2 or a Get Smart 2.
My co-worker Rob had a great idea, Ron Burgundy – Iraq War Correspondent.
“I love lamp.”
I want this movie to happen so bad. The first Anchor Man is one of my fav comedies and I can see them doing so much more great stuff with these crazy characters. I didn’t know they were so far behind on getting it off the ground though.
Well hopefully it’s just a matter of time. I guess at least it seems they’re taking their time with it, to make it a good movie. Or so I hope that’s why it’s taking them so long on the script.
Anchorman was great indeed, BUT Carell had very little to do with that one.(as far as being great)his part was very small, Paul Rudd and the sports-guy had better lines and Ferrell took it to a zany level(good thing, and Will’s best IMO).
BEEN WAITING TO SEE THOSE GUYS AGAIN!
Just hope they dont pull an Allmighty with this one too.
Loved Get Smart T.V. series the film……not so much
Steve Carell is hilarious!!!! I found this out during his featuring in Bruce Almighty!! I loved Evan Almighty, Anchorman, Get Smart, his tv apperances, he is just an awesome actor and i agree i would be 100% for an Anchorman 2 or a Get Smart 2!