1 | * CareerResurrection: Put Will Ferrell back on the map in live action films after the failure of ''Film/LandOfTheLost'' four years prior (although ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' and ''Film/TheOtherGuys'' did help him regain some of his star power). |
2 | * ChannelHop: Production company hop, in this case: the first film was made by Creator/DreamWorksSKG, this one is from Creator/{{Paramount}}. Paramount acquired Dreamworks in 2006, but despite selling it off later, they kept the pre-2012 DW library and ancillary rights, including sequels. |
3 | * {{Corpsing}}: Creator/ChristinaApplegate can clearly be seen losing her shit just before each camera angle switch in the opening screaming scene. |
4 | * MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally conceived as a musical. |
5 | * OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Adam [=McKay=] agreed to make the sequel so that Creator/{{Paramount}} would let him make ''Film/TheBigShort''. |
6 | * RealLifeRelative: |
7 | ** Adam [=McKay=]'s youngest daughter Pearl cameos as a girl jeering Ron during a dolphin show at Ride/SeaWorld. |
8 | ** Will Ferrell's sons Axel, Magnus and Mattias Ferrell also appear in the scene as background kids. |
9 | * SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film had been in the works for several years, but stalled, even with Creator/WillFerrell, Creator/PaulRudd, and Creator/SteveCarell taking pay cuts to keep the budget down. Paramount Pictures didn't like the numbers and didn't agree to a sequel initially. However, the studio later decided to greenlight the sequel. |
10 | * SequelGap: The film came out nine years after the original. |
11 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
12 | ** A role was offered to Creator/JenniferLawrence, but she had to decline, due to scheduling conflicts. |
13 | ** Creator/MerylStreep was rumored to have a role. |
14 | ** Creator/VinceVaughn hinted at the possible appearance of Wes Mantooth's mother, Dorothy, who was mentioned in the first film. He expressed interest in Creator/AngelaLansbury playing the role. |
15 | ** The sequel was originally going to involve the news team becoming stranded on an island after a plane crash and having to fight off a hoard of shuriken-wielding orangutans. Another idea involved the news team battling grizzly bears. |
16 | * YouLookFamiliar: Creator/AmyPoehler appears as one of the Entertainment Newscasters in the climactic battle. She previously played an unrelated character in ''Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie''. |
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