Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ben Stiller
Written by	Justin Theroux Ben Stiller Nick Stoller John Hamburg
Based on	Characters created by Drake Sather Ben Stiller
Produced by	Ben Stiller Stuart Cornfeld Scott Rudin Clayton Townsend Jeff Mann
Starring	Ben Stiller Owen Wilson Will Ferrell Penélope Cruz Kristen Wiig Fred Armisen
Cinematography	Dan Mindel
Edited by	Greg Hayden
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Production companies	Red Hour Productions Scott Rudin Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04) (London) February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50–55 million[2][3]
Box office	$56.7 million[4]

Zoolander 2 (promoted as Zoolander No. 2) is a 2016 American action comedy film co-produced and directed by Ben Stiller who wrote the script alongside Justin Theroux, John Hamburg, and Nicholas Stoller. The sequel to the 2001 film Zoolander, the film stars most of the principal cast members from the previous film reprising their roles such as Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Nathan Lee Graham, Theroux, Billy Zane, Tommy Hilfiger, and Jerry Stiller (in his final on-screen role) while Alexander Skarsgård and Andy Dick also returned in different roles. New cast members include Penélope Cruz, Kristen Wiig, Cyrus Arnold, Fred Armisen, Kyle Mooney, Jon Daly, Sting, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Filming took place from April to July 2015, in Rome, Italy. The film was released on February 12, 2016, by Paramount Pictures, to mostly negative reviews from critics and was a box-office flop, earning $56.7 million against a $50–55 million budget. It was dedicated to the memory of Drake Sather, who co-created the character of Derek Zoolander and was a writer on the first film, having died in March 2004.