Anchorman (film series)

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 the title character, Brian Fantana, Champ Kind, Brick Tamland, and Veronica Corningstone, respectively. The films were distributed by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures.[citation needed] 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.