Anchorman 2 The Legend Continues. Anchorman 2 The Legend Continues is a 2. American comedy film and the sequel to the 2. Watch Cold Fusion Online Gorillavid. Watch The Fortune Cookie Online Etonline' title='Watch The Fortune Cookie Online Etonline' />Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy. As with the original film, it is directed by Adam Mc. Kay, produced by Judd Apatow, written by Mc. Kay and Will Ferrell, and stars Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, and Christina Applegate, all reprising their roles from the first film. It brings in newcomers Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Meagan Good, and Dylan Baker. Development for the film began as early as 2. Paramount Pictures turned down the proposed sequel. However, in March 2. Ferrell officially announced the film was in production and filming began in March 2. Unlike the first film, the film is distributed by Paramount Pictures instead of Dream. Works Pictures. The Legend Continues was released on December 1. It received mainly positive reviews, and was a box office success, grossing 1. In 1. 98. 0, Ron Burgundy Will Ferrell and Veronica Corningstone Christina Applegate are married and are both co anchors for a prestigious news network in New York City. One day, Mack Tannen Harrison Ford, the most famous nightly news anchor in New York, reveals that he is retiring. He intends to promote Corningstone, making her the first female nightly news anchor in the history of television, and to fire Burgundy due to his continuously sloppy performance on air. Burgundy grows jealous of Corningstones success and storms out of the house, leaving her and their 6 year old son Walter Judah Nelson. Six months later, Burgundy is back in San Diego, but barely able to hold a job due to his depression. After being fired from Sea. World and botching a suicide attempt, Burgundy accepts a job offered to him by Freddie Shapp Dylan Baker with GNN, the worlds first 2. He reassembles his news team, finding Champ Kind David Koechner, who owns a fried chicken store that sells bats secretly to cut down on costs, Brian Fantana Paul Rudd, now a famous cat photographer, and Brick Tamland Steve Carell, who is presumed dead but appears at his own funeral. They are assigned the unpopular late night timeslot while obnoxious rival anchorman Jack Lime James Marsden is put in a primetime slot. Meanwhile, Burgundy finds that Corningstone has started dating psychologist Gary Greg Kinnear. As GNN launches, Burgundy decides to broadcast what the people want to hear, rather than what they need to hear. He and his team devise a sensationalist and patriotic newscast. Their new approach proves to be a hit, beating Lime in ratings by a massive margin, and the other news networks scramble to emulate them. Burgundy and his team are promoted to primetime, where they enjoy fame and fortune. 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Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows News Star Sightings Kaia Gerber Celebrates Her Sweet 16, Justin Bieber Makes a Surprise Appearance MoreBurgundy lets his newfound fame get to his head and neglects his parental obligations to Walter, angering Corningstone. He also alienates Fantana, Kind, and Tamland, claiming he is tired of carrying them. During a party celebrating GNNs success, Lime causes Burgundy to slip and suffer a head injury, resulting in him becoming temporarily blind. Unable to read the news, Burgundy isolates himself in a lighthouse, unable to adjust to his temporary loss of vision. Corningstone arrives with Walter for a visit, announcing that she has quit her own job, and Burgundy bonds with his family, gradually adjusting to his disability. Burgundy and his son rehabilitate a small shark, naming him Doby before setting him free. Later, Burgundy discovers that Corningstone was concealing messages from his eye doctor regarding an experimental procedure, since she thought his blindness has been significant in the family bonding. He leaves angrily, gets his vision restored, and returns to GNN. Back in New York, Burgundy is once again approached by Corningstone, who pleads with him to attend Walters piano recital. At the same time, an exclusive news story comes in, requiring Burgundy to cover it. However, on live TV, Burgundy instead admits that news is supposed to inform, not entertain, and takes responsibility for the mistakes he made, following it up by quitting and walking off. He leaves for Walters recital but is intercepted by an angered Lime and his team and several other news teams, all of whom want to kill him due to his fame. Burgundys friends arrive to defend him and a massive battle ensues. Burgundys old arch rival Wes Mantooth Vince Vaughn arrives in time to save Ron from Limes news crew, before Brick sets off an explosion. Burgundy manages to reach Walters recital in time, and reconcile with Corningstone. Burgundy and his friends later attend Tamlands and Chanis wedding on the beach. During the wedding, Ron spots Doby in the water and tries to greet him, only to be attacked, forcing his dog Baxter to rescue him. ProductioneditDevelopmenteditThis is the first film in the series to be released by Paramount Pictures, which acquired the Dream. Works back catalog in 2. Watch To Kill A Mockingbird Online Free 2016. Dream. Works that were made before the Paramount merger. In May 2. Adam Mc. Kay said that he and Will Ferrell had talked about wanting to do an Anchorman sequel, saying Im looking to do another movie, I might do this other movie called Channel 3 Billion which is kind of this science fictionBrazil type comedy. Then after that, Will and I are like, lets do Anchorman 2. But were going to do it, for sure. Dark Reality Full Movie Part 1'>Dark Reality Full Movie Part 1. On July 2. Mc. Kay announced that he and Ferrell had begun work on the sequel. Carell and Rudd, both of whom had become major stars since Anchorman was released, agreed to take pay cuts for the movie, as did Ferrell himself. On April 2. 9, 2. Mc. Kay announced that Paramount Pictures had turned down a proposal for the sequel, despite the proposed pay cuts, saying So bummed. Paramount basically passed on Anchorman 2. Even after we cut our budget down. We tried. In a May 2. Ferrell spoke about Paramount passing on the film, saying Well, you know, yeah, its a little peculiar. On the one hand, we were being begged to do a sequel for such a long time, and then we finally came up with a concept that we liked, we talked to all the guys, and everyone was up for it. And then to get the reaction we got, yeah, its slightly puzzling to us. But you know what Its also their money. They get to do or not do whatever they want. So well see. Were still going back and forth. Maybe there is a solution. Or, I know in talking to Adam, if it never happens, then it never happens. And thats fine, too. So well just see. A year later, in April 2. Ferrell publicly stated that Paramount, which owns the rights to Anchorman, had decided against the idea of a sequel, stating Weve run the numbers and its not a good fit. In March 2. 01. 2, Paramount changed their minds and agreed to make a sequel on March 2. Ferrell officially announced the film on Conan, in character as Ron Burgundy. In an interview in April 2. Mc. Kay said that the script was a work in progress, and that the story might include a custody battle and bowling. In a May 2. 01. 2 interview, he was quoted as saying that nothing was set. In May 2. 01. 2, Will Ferrell confirmed that script writing had begun and that filming would begin around February 2. By June 2. 01. 2, parts of the story had solidified, including a move of the location from San Diego to New York,1. CastingeditIn August 2. Vince Vaughn confirmed that his character, Wes Mantooth, would appear in the film, and hinted at the possible appearance of Wes Mantooths mother, Dorothy, who was mentioned in the first film. He expressed interest in Angela Lansbury playing the role. On December 1. 9, 2. December 2. 0, 2. Mc. Kay confirmed in February 2. Kristen Wiig had joined the cast. FilmingeditFilming began in March 2. On March 4, 2. 01. Harrison Ford was spotted on set with Will Ferrell.