Comedy news: Anchorman 2 'could start filming in 2011'

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Filming for the next Anchorman movie could start as soon as February next year is has been revealed.

Director Adam McKay revealed during an interview on MTV that plans for ‘a bigger crazier’ sequel to the cult comedy film are getting closer, with budget negotiations the final hurdle to overcome before a shooting can start.

McKay told MTV “It’s a tricky movie because everyone went and did really well after it, so everyone’s prices went up and everyone’s time got a little more valuable.

“But at the same time, graciously, Steve [Carell] and Paul [Rudd] and everyone agreed to cut their price to come and do [the sequel], which you don’t see very often in Hollywood — and cut their price substantially.

“But even with that, it’s just a budgetary thing with Paramount in terms of how much they’ll give us to make it.”

One of the original cast members Steve Carell, who played weatherman Brick Tamland in the film, is keen on reuniting the cast for the sequel.

“The enduring popularity of Anchorman really does surprise me, especially in Britain,” Carell said

“Whenever I come here, after talking about The Office and Ricky Gervais, that’s the next subject people want to discuss. I find it astounding.”

“It was certainly one of the most fun things I was ever involved in. I talked to Will recently about a sequel. I would love to do it again.”

McKay has revealed that the next instalment of the Anchorman franchise could be set in the 1980s to avoid making the sequel too similar to the first film,

“[The ‘80s angle is] more the frame of it. We have this other, bigger, crazier idea that’s really more what it’s about, which I can’t say.

“Our thinking was there’s just no way the second one is going to be as good as the first, because the first one is the first one.

“So our idea is if we’re going to do a second one, we better go for it and try some insane stuff and we’ll be enjoying it and that way it can't be half bad.”