'No Anchorman 3', Says Adam McKay
Exclusive: The director says Ron Burgundy is no more
Seven days. That’s how long Anchorman 2: The Legend
Continues… Continued, the alternate version of Adam McKay and Will Ferrell’s
swaggering comedy sequel, will run in cinemas when it opens tomorrow. And,
according to McKay, that’s how long Anchorfans have left to catch Ron Burgundy
and his pals on the big screen. That sound you can hear is Will Ferrell shaving
off his Burgundy ‘tache, burning it and dancing around the flames, for
Anchorman 3 is not going to happen.
“It’s done,” says McKay, talking exclusively with Empire.
“I think that’s it. It was great to do it and it was so fun to work with those
guys again, but I think that’s it for Ron Burgundy.”
In a way, that’s a surprise. Although Anchorman 2 perhaps
wasn’t the huge crossover success that the marketing blitzkrieg that
accompanied its December release might have suggested, it was still a big hit,
crossing the $100 million mark in the States and almost doubling the worldwide
gross of its predecessor. It seemed, in some ways, that Anchorman 3 would
follow at some point.
“No, that’s the last sequel we’re gonna do,” adds McKay,
also seemingly torpedoing any plans for Step Brothers 2. “There’s nothing more
fun to me than new characters and a new world. And now we’re releasing this alt
version, we’re totally satisfied. No Anchorman 3.”
