{"id":7327,"date":"2010-02-25T10:49:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T15:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=7327"},"modified":"2018-12-09T01:00:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T06:00:53","slug":"justin-theroux-to-writedirect-zoolander-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/25\/justin-theroux-to-writedirect-zoolander-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Theroux to Write\/Direct ZOOLANDER 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When Ben Stiller’s male fashion model comedy Zoolander<\/strong> came out in 2001, I felt I was in the minority for liking the film. While it received mixed reviews, no one I talked to seemed to have liked the film. Personally, I loved it. It felt like a throwback to Stiller’s short-lived and under-appreciated Fox sketch series The Ben Stiller Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But over the years, Zoolander<\/strong> seems to have built up an audience of fans to the point that it is starting to look like a sequel, something which Stiller has been talking about<\/a> for a while, is coming together. Deadline Hollywood<\/a> is reporting that Stiller is re-teaming with his Tropic Thunder<\/strong> co-writer Justin Theroux to draft a Zoolander<\/strong> sequel. Additionally, Theroux, who also scripted this summer’s Iron Man 2<\/strong>,will also direct the film. The ubiquitous Jonah Hill is in talks for the villain of the piece.<\/p>\n

Looking over Theroux’s resume, he certainly appears to be a bit of a Hollywood chameleon. As actor, he has done quirky comedy films like Strangers With Candy<\/strong>, The Baxter<\/strong> (both 2005) and The Ten<\/strong> (2007) and more dramatic fare like American Psycho<\/strong> (2000), Miami Vice <\/strong>(2006) and David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive<\/strong> (2001) and Inland Empire<\/strong> (2006). And while Iron Man 2<\/strong> and Tropic Thunder<\/strong> are his only two produced screenplay credit, that’s still pretty diverse.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, Paramount wants to keep the film in the roughly $50 million range in terms of its budget. This is a prudent move on the studio’s part, as the original only earned $45 million at the box office. While it has gained a following on DVD over the last eight years, Zoolander<\/strong> hit theaters just a two weeks after the tragedy of 9\/11 and it is possible that a New York City-set comedy was not what people wanted to see in theaters at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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