Was Anchorman 2 Going to Be a Musical?

While doing the press rounds for The Other Guys, director Adam McKay revealed that the idea for the now-never-happening sequel to Anchorman was to make it a musical. "We were going to do four months on Broadway and then jump right into filming." Except for one little problem...

The studio! Despite what were no doubt very convincing charts and graphs showing Paramont how much the sequel to Austin Powers made -- itself a cult hit and video juggernaut like Anchorman -- Paramount would not meet the necessary $60 million budget.

Now you might be asking: Why didn't McKay, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Steve Carell just take the show to Broadway themselves? Well, it also had to do with money: "[I]t's too hard on the actors. And there's no money for them." And in his dressing room backstage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Nathan Lane weeps.

· 'Anchorman 2' Would Have Been a Musical on Broadway [CHUD]