Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2 (promoted as Zoolander No. 2) is a 2016 American action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller who wrote the script alongside Justin Theroux, John Hamburg, and Nicholas Stoller. It is the sequel to the 2001 film Zoolander. Most of the principal cast members from the previous film reprised their roles including Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Nathan Lee Graham, Theroux, Billy Zane, Tommy Hilfiger, and Jerry Stiller (in his final feature film) while Alexander Skarsgård and Andy Dick also returned in different roles. New cast members include Penélope Cruz, Kristen Wiig, 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 Drake Sather, who co-created the character Derek Zoolander and was a writer of the first film, having died in March 2004.