Brian Damage
04-27-2010, 10:15 AM
Even the oft-rumoured "Anchorman 2" never happens - don't blame Paramount, blame the escalating fees of the cast!
"Anchorman" director Adam McKay tells MTV that although the original cast - Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Christina Applegate etc - are keen to participate in the oft-mooted follow-up, someone's first got to find the money to pay them all.
"We had an idea and we contacted Steve and Paul and Koechner and Christina and checked in with everyone and they were all game for it," McKay said. "The stage we're at now is talking to Paramount and trying to get the money to do it. It's a tricky movie because everyone went and did really well after it, so everyone's prices went up and everyone's time got a little more valuable. But at the same time, graciously, Steve and Paul and everyone agreed to cut their price to come and do it, which you don't see very often in Hollywood - and cut their price substantially. But even with that, it's just a budgetary thing with Paramount in terms of how much they'll give us to make it."
The sequel, which would be set in the '80s (''We have this other, bigger, crazier idea that's really more what it's about, which I can't say'', says McKay), was originally due to start filming in February, but with the film still not financed, McKay says it's likely he'll be tweaking the proposal production schedule.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1637787/story.jhtml
"Anchorman" director Adam McKay tells MTV that although the original cast - Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Christina Applegate etc - are keen to participate in the oft-mooted follow-up, someone's first got to find the money to pay them all.
"We had an idea and we contacted Steve and Paul and Koechner and Christina and checked in with everyone and they were all game for it," McKay said. "The stage we're at now is talking to Paramount and trying to get the money to do it. It's a tricky movie because everyone went and did really well after it, so everyone's prices went up and everyone's time got a little more valuable. But at the same time, graciously, Steve and Paul and everyone agreed to cut their price to come and do it, which you don't see very often in Hollywood - and cut their price substantially. But even with that, it's just a budgetary thing with Paramount in terms of how much they'll give us to make it."
The sequel, which would be set in the '80s (''We have this other, bigger, crazier idea that's really more what it's about, which I can't say'', says McKay), was originally due to start filming in February, but with the film still not financed, McKay says it's likely he'll be tweaking the proposal production schedule.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1637787/story.jhtml