Adam McKay talks about Changes Coming for ANCHORMAN 2
Danny Trejo, during his handful of minutes on screen as a bartender in 2004's Anchorman, attempted to slap some reality into Will Ferrell's Ron Burgandy, saying, "You know, times are changing. Ladies can do stuff now and you're going to learn how to deal with it." Ron's response? If you're like me (I bet you are YOU geek!), you've watched the movie dozens of times, and can probably quote exactly what he said next. Say it with me, "What? Were you saying something? Look, I don't speak Spanish."
It looks like Ron should have been paying closer attention, because according to writer/director Adam McKay, there's a lot of change Ron and the Channel Four News Team will have to deal with in Anchorman 2.
McKay recently sat down with Empire and talked about just what new things will be thrown their way in the long-awaited sequel:
"We know these guys never deal well with change, and the good thing is that there's a big blast of change coming, according to the regular timeline. We're going to be throwing a lot of innovation at them, and they're not going to handle it well."
'Regular timeline' is of course German, for a 'whale's vagina.' No? I'm sorry, I was trying to impress you. I don't know what it means. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Bloggers maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago. McKay translates for us though, explaining:
"It's right when all the news started changing with the 24-hours news cycle in '78 or '79. All of a sudden, local news stations diversified and had Latino anchors and African-American anchors, and any time you're talking about diversity and the Action News team, that's always fun to deal with."
McKay also promises another back-alley gang fight that I'm sure will pack in the cameos. As long as they're trying to pack in the diversity, I wouldn't mind Ben Stiller back in there pretending to be mexican, or Trejo back actually being mexican. It's win-win if you ask me...
McKay is currently writing the script with Ferrell. So just how much of the script have they completed so far?
"We've done about two per cent! Half a per cent? We've got five pages of story notes and chunks of story. We're holing up writing for the next three months."
I'm just excited the thing is getting made, period. We know it almost didn't happen.
Weigh in on Anchorman 2 and let us know what you hope to see in the sequel! I'm Abe Froman?