By Beard Of Zeus! Ferrell Says Don't Count Out “Anchorman 2” Just Yet

The world needs a second “Anchorman” film. Not because it would be enjoyable, though obviously it would. No, I just need a new batch of “Anchorman” quotes for frat brothers to run in to the ground, because they’re still quoting the first one to death and I really can’t deal with one more guy wearing a visor cheekily telling me that he’s kind of a big deal around here. I will BURN your Snorg Tee, fella.

Anyway, last week “Anchorman” director Adam McKay tweeted that Paramount, which owns the Anchorman rights, killed a sequel. Why? Well, they felt the proposed budget was too high. Also, they’re stupid. But today “Anchorman” star Will Ferrell says don’t count out the sequel just yet. From Entertainment Weekly:

We’re in such a weird kind of time right now in terms of the studios and where they want to put their money or not. Yeah. You never know. They may circle back. It’s always a negotiation, even if it’s a “No.” You just never know. Six months from now, they could have some movies fall apart and their slate is a little light, and, like, “Hey, let’s revisit that.” So we’ll just kind of keep moving on, see what happens.

The proposed budget disparity between the two camps is still in dispute. But even if McKay and Ferrell wanted a $100 million budget for the sequel, shouldn’t Paramount just pony up? The thing will still make money. It’ll sell four billion DVDs and air a thousand times on TBS and probably team up with Ralph Lauren to put out an actual Sex Panther fragrance that you’d buy for your Dad for Father’s Day as a goof. I don’t really know why any studio would be dumb enough to turn that down.

Then again, it’s not in 3D. So perhaps if Ron Burgundy moved to some fancy jungle planet with blue people and rode very large dinobirds, Paramount might be able to get this thing made. So long as the 3D is retrofitted in 10 days for very little money!

Come on, Paramount. Just make this thing happen already. You have a proven property people want more of. And I want to be free from a decade of “Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!” quotes. Shame on you if this never gets made. Robert Evans’ tan would never let that happen.

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