Adam McKay has been discussing the future of his most beloved creation, stating “There will be music in Anchorman 2 for sure, we have some songs already written.”

Speaking to The Playlist, McKay explained that the sequel was originally envisioned as a Broadway musical, with the director still hoping that his cast will sing live on-set.

"The music sequences we have done - we did 'Afternoon Delight' [in 'Anchorman'], Adam Scott and his family singing 'Sweet Child O' Mine' [in 'Step Brothers'], we did a whole song for 'Talladega Nights' that got cut out, a big, big musical number - we always do it live on the set.

“And my thing is, if the actors get freaked out, don't sweat it, we can always re-record it later. And every time we've done it, we end up using the live track from the recording. We'll probably do it the same way in this."

As for the story, McKay is currently busy beavering away on the script with Will Ferrell, but revealed that much of the humour will arise from rolling news.

“Even though it’s going to be a big silly movie, it’s all about the rise of the new media and 24 hour news cycle, and there’s a lot of interesting points to make about that while being silly.”

Anchorman 2 is set to shoot next March, although there’s no word yet on a release date.

Chris Tilly is Entertainment Editor for IGN and thinks The Day Today did a pretty good job of mocking rolling news back in 1994. His idle chat can be found on both Twitter and MyIGN.

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