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Anchorman
Directed byAdam McKay (1–3)
Will Ferrell (Podcast)
Written byWill Ferrell
Adam McKay (1–3)
Jake Fogelnest (Podcast)
Produced by
  • Judd Apatow (1–3)
  • Will Ferrell
  • Adam McKay (1–3)
  • Carolina Barlow (Podcast)
  • Mike Farah (Podcast)
  • Miles Gray (Podcast)
  • Whitney Hodack (Podcast)
  • Jack O'Brien (Podcast)
  • Nick Stumpf (Podcast)
  • Colin MacDougall (Podcast)
Starring
Music byAlex Wurman (1, 1½)
Andrew Feltenstein (2)
John Nau (2)
Production
companies
Apatow Productions (1–2)
Gary Sanchez Productions (2)
Big Money Players (Podcast)
Distributed byDreamWorks Pictures (1–1½)
Paramount Pictures (2)
iHeartRadio (Podcast)
Release dates
1: July 9, 2004
: December 28, 2004
2: December 18, 2013
Running time
1: 94 minutes
: 93 minutes
2: 119 minutes
Podcast:1636 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$76,000,000
Box office$264.2 million +

The Anchorman series is a media franchise initially consisting of three American comedy filmsAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (both 2004), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). The films were produced by Judd Apatow, directed by Adam McKay, and written by McKay and Will Ferrell. The films star Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell, and Christina Applegate as Ron Burgundy, Brian Fantana, Champ Kind, Brick Tamland, and Veronica Corningstone, respectively. The films were distributed by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3] A podcast series, The Ron Burgundy Podcast, produced by Big Money Players and written by Jake Fogelnest, with Ferrell reprising his role alongside Carolina Barlow, aired for 57 episodes across four seasons on iHeartRadio from February 7, 2019 to August 19, 2021, with a fifth season in active development.

Film series

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the '70s, but that's all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor.

The film grossed $85,288,303 in North America, and $5,285,885 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $90,574,188.[4] It received generally positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 66% based on 201 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The site's consensus reads: "Filled with inspired silliness and quotable lines, Anchorman isn't the most consistent comedy in the world, but Will Ferrell's buffoonish central performance helps keep this portrait of a clueless newsman from going off the rails."[5] Metacritic gave the film a score of 63 out of 100 based on 38 reviews.[6]

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004)

Set during Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman: Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie follows the KVWN Channel 4 News Team as they investigate the extremist bank-robbing organization "The Alarm Clock".[7]

Unlike the other films in the Anchorman series, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy was released straight-to-video bundled with the home release of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Wake Up, Ron Burgundy is composed of outtakes from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.[8]

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm with the help of his best friends.

The film grossed $127.4 million in North America, and $45.6 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $173.0 million.[9] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 74% approval rating with an average rating of 6.4/10 based on 199 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "It's just as uneven and loosely structured as the first Anchorman – and while Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues may not be quite as quotable, it's nearly as funny as its predecessor."[10] On Metacritic, it holds a score of 61 out of 100 based on 40 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[11]

The Ron Burgundy Podcast (2019–2021)

In January 2019, Ferrell announced The Ron Burgundy Podcast with iHeartRadio, written by Jake Fogelnest, to launch the following month, reprising his role weekly to discuss a variety of topics and conduct interviews, lasting 57 episodes across four seasons from February 7, 2019 to August 19, 2021, with a fifth season in active development.[12] On August 8, 2019, Ferrell, as Burgundy, appeared on the late-night talk shows Conan, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!; all on the same night. The appearances were part of an effort to promote his "comedy routine" and the second season of The Ron Burgundy Podcast.[13]

Cast and characters

Role Films The Ron Burgundy Podcast
Anchorman:
The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman:
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy:
The Lost Movie
Anchorman 2:
The Legend Continues
Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4
2004 2013 2019 2020 2021
Ron Burgundy Will Ferrell
Brian Fantana Paul Rudd
Brick Tamland Steve Carell
Champion "Champ" Kind David Koechner
Veronica Corningstone Christina Applegate
Edward "Ed" Harken Fred Willard
Garth Holliday Chris Parnell
Wes Mantooth Vince Vaughn
Tino Fred Armisen
Scotty Seth Rogen
Mouse Tara Subkoff
Kanshasha X Maya Rudolph
Malcolm Y Chuck D
Paul Hauser Kevin Corrigan
Chris Harken Justin Long
Freddie Shapp Dylan Baker
Linda Jackson Meagan Good
Jack Lime James Marsden
Chani Lastnamé Kristen Wiig
Kench Allenby Josh Lawson
Gary Greg Kinnear
Walter Burgundy Judah Nelson
Mack Tannen Harrison Ford
Carolina Barlow Herself
Deepak Chopra Himself
RuPaul Himself
Laura Michelle Powers Herself
Peter Dinklage Himself
Kamala Harris Herself
Doris Kearns Goodwin Herself
Jon Brion Himself
Clayton Kershaw Himself
Dillon Francis Himself
Brooke Shields Herself
Gloria Steinem Herself
Sia Herself
Dr. Lucy Jones Herself
Esther Perel Herself

Crew

Character Films Podcast
Anchorman:
The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman:
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy:
The Lost Movie
Anchorman 2:
The Legend Continues
The Ron Burgundy Podcast
2004 2013 2019–2021
Director Adam McKay Will Ferrell
Producer Judd Apatow Judd Apatow
Will Ferrell
Adam McKay
Carolina Barlow, Mike Farah, Miles Gray,
Whitney Hodack, Jack O'Brien,
Nick Stumpf, and Colin MacDougall
Writer Will Ferrell
Adam McKay Jake Fogelnest
Composer Alex Wurman Andrew Feltenstein
John Nau
Will Ferrell
Cinematographer Thomas E. Ackerman Oliver Wood
Editor Brent White Brent White
Melissa Bretherton
Production
companies
Apatow Productions Apatow Productions
Gary Sanchez Productions
Big Money Players
Distributor DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures iHeartRadio
Running time 94 minutes 93 minutes 119 minutes 1636 minutes
Release date July 9, 2004 December 28, 2004 December 18, 2013 February 7, 2019–August 19, 2021

Reception

Box office performance

Film Release date Box office revenue Box office ranking Budget Reference
US & Canada Other countries Worldwide All time US & Canada All time worldwide
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy July 9, 2004 $85,288,303 $5,285,885 $90,574,188 #718 $26,000,000 [4]
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues December 18, 2013 $127,352,707 $46,296,308 $173,649,015 #380 $50,000,000 [14]
Total $212,641,010 $51,582,193 $264,223,203 $76,000,000

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[15]
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 66% (201 reviews)[5] 63 (38 reviews)[6] B
Anchorman: Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie — (1 review)[16]
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 74% (199 reviews)[10] 61 (40 reviews)[11] B

Future

On November 13, 2013, Will Ferrell spoke about the possibility of a third main Anchorman film stating: "I'm sure they would, but I don't know. We just want to see what happens with this one and we'll sit down and assess all of that. Right now, we're just enjoying this journey."[17] On December 9, 2013, Steve Carell said "We'll see how this one goes," and "If people like it, maybe 10 years from now we'll do a third."[18]

Director Adam McKay spoke to Empire in February 2014, and ruled out any further Anchorman movies saying "It's done. 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." and when asked if he would do sequels with any character he said "No, that's the last sequel we're gonna do. 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."[19]

However, on April 2, 2014, Adam McKay stated that Anchorman 3 could still be a possibility, which went against his previous statement. In an interview with Time, he stated "I said about a month ago that we'd never do a third one, and I realized that was a little too harsh because the truth is, I really don’t know. With these movies, you really don't know how they've played until about two years after they come out, when people see them on repeat viewing." He then also went on to state that "If Anchorman 2 gets that sort of second life, if three, four years from now people start asking us that question a lot and there's an idea, we would be open to that."[20]

In 2018, McKay offered an idea of sending Ron Burgundy to cover the first or second Iraq War. In an interview with CinemaBlend, McKay said "I don't know if you remember the first and even the second Iraq war. Maybe it was mainly the second Iraq war. They embedded journalists and that gave us kind of a whole story idea... I don't want to say too much, but I'll just tell you that embedded journalist, Ron Burgundy, Veronica Corningstone, the news team. That definitely gave us a big idea."[21] In that same year, Steve Carell stated he would reprise his role of Brick Tamland if a third film was made.[22]

Appearances in other media

References

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