Anchorman 2 has added two more actors to its jam-packed cast: Oscar nominee Greg Kinnear and Australian House of Lies star Josh Lawson. There's no word on who Kinnear and Lawson are playing or how sizable their roles are. No official synopsis has been released, but the Anchorman sequel will see Ron Burgundy and his news team dealing with competition from the 24 hour news cycle and increased diversity in the field in the late '70s. Kinnear and Lawson join a cast that includes original Anchorman stars Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner, plus newcomers Kristen Wiig, Harrison Ford, James Marsden, Dylan [...]
It’s hard to imagine SNL ever being canceled, but a few times throughout the long-running sketch show’s history, it’s come close to demise. There have been several points in Saturday Night Live’s history where it’s been on the chopping block (1980, 1981, 1985), but the most recent time the iconic comedies series stared down the specter of cancellation was 1995, the biggest transitional moment the show has faced in over 20 years. At the end of the 1994-95 season, Chris Farley and Adam Sandler – both well-regarded and talented performers – had led the show into a creative doldrums, resulting in a scathing New York magazine piece.
This was a curious promotional thing in the '90s and slightly beyond, back when music videos were a relevant cultural force. A funny performance or funny song from a comedy movie would be repackaged as a music video and released to the music channels, maybe even radio, as a way to promote the movie. Because how else would you know it was a comedy without the funny song? It was a strange time; we were all of us hopped up on Fruitopia for most of it.
The Mask: “Cuban Pete” (1994)
The Mask really tried to force 1930s nightclub culture down our throats for some reason. (The soundtrack also [...]
Lost Roles is a weekly column exploring what might have been in TV and film comedy, taking a different comedian, writer, or work each week and examining the casting possibilities and career moves that almost came to be.
The late 80's were a stagnant era in comedy. Besides Letterman and SNL's Hartman-Carvey resurgence, there wasn't a whole lot happening. The Larry Sanders Show, Conan, Seinfeld, Bill Hicks, The State, Mr. Show, The Simpsons, and The Onion were right around the corner, but things were looking pretty dismal at the time. Death took John Belushi and Andy Kaufman from us, while ex-SNL’ers like Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, and Chevy Chase, [...]
Plot details are scarce about the new Anchorman movie, which starts filming next week in Atlanta, but writer/director Adam McKay shared some more tidbits with Empire, revealing that part of the action will be taking place in New York. "San Diego is too close to Ron's heart to go away, but we feel that New York City is the holy grail for all newsmen," explained McKay. The director also discussed Kristen Wiig's character, who is the love interest of Steve Carell's dimwit weatherman Brick Tamland. "Brick's so far gone that you can't have a relationship with him," continued McKay. "It takes a special someone to get a rope [...]
Last week, we loved the leaked, bootlegged teaser for Anchorman 2. But screw that old teaser; there's a new teaser in town and it's funnier and doesn't make your eyeballs annoyed. Hopefully, we'll get a teaser like this every week for a year. It's definitely a possibility, as they probably just improvised 100 of these. Just throw them up on Funny or Die, please. Thanks!
It's been a long road to get here, but Ron Burgundy visited Conan last night to announce that there will indeed be an Anchorman 2. He also advised that Conan do a "page one rewrite" on his face, but that's far less important right now. Apparently, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner will be back as the rest of the Action 4 news team in a script written by Ferrell and Adam McKay. Viva la whale vagina!
With a stellar cast full of actors who would go on to become big-name movie stars, Anchorman's ensemble is an impressive one and a definite casting coup. The cast is so strong that it's absolutely insane Paramount is refusing to greenlight a sequel, even though bonafide movie stars Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, and Paul Rudd have all lowered their asking prices to keep the budget reasonable. Despite the eclectic and talented group of performers at Anchorman's core, these guys weren't Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's original choices to portray the news team. In the first draft of the Anchorman screenplay, Ferrell and McKay included suggestions as to [...]
This time next year, you'll be sleeping in after a midnight screening of the long-awaited sequel to Anchorman, entitled Anchorman: The Legend Continues. Paramount just announced the film will be released on December 20, 2013, just in time for the holidays. Anchorman 2 will see stars Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and David Koechner return, along with producer Judd Apatow, writers Adam McKay and Ferrell, and director McKay. Little is known about the plot, but Kristen Wiig is in talks to play Steve Carell's love interest and the film will be see the news team dealing with the development of the 24-hour news cycle [...]
This teaser premiered in front of The Dictator, last night, so thanks to this shaky handed fellow for capturing it for the Internet to devour. And good thing he did because the clip is really good. Like really, surprisingly, super great good. All the Anchorman 4 get to say a very Anchorman sounding phrase but it's undoubtedly the Steve Carell show. It makes sense, considering since the first film, Carell has become WAY more famous. Also he's the best. They all are the best. I love lamp, amirite? Well done, teaser, I've been successfully teased.
UPDATE: The teaser has been taken down for obvious reason. We'll swap it out [...]
If you're not wiped out by March Madness yet, go vote in the championship round of this Best Will Ferrell Character Tournament. One of the competitors has many leather-bound books, and his apartment smells of rich mahogany. The other abides by the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup. The choice is yours.
I know it's not even 10 o'clock in the morning, but mi corazón es en fuego over the idea of an Anchorman porn parody, because somebody should be making money of that Afternoon Delight. Yesterday, porn actor Jack Lawrence tweeted photos from New Sensations’ Anchorman XXX: A Porn Parody, as the cast prepared to take the Unicorn Express to Pleasure Town. Also, hats off to the hardest working wardrobe department in the business. That means it's almost time for a Land Of The Lost porno, right? Right?
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