Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2 (promoted as Zoolander No. 2) is a 2016 American action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and written by John Hamburg, Justin Theroux, Stiller, and Nicholas Stoller. It is the sequel to the 2001 film Zoolander. Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell, Milla Jovovich, Nathan Lee Graham, Theroux, Billy Zane, Tommy Hilfiger and Jerry Stiller reprised their roles while Alexander Skarsgård also returned in a different role. New cast members include Kyle Mooney, Penélope Cruz, Kristen Wiig, Cyrus Arnold and Fred Armisen. The film marks Jerry Stiller's final release performance before his death in 2020. 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. Plot Agent Valentina Valencia of Interpol's fashion division examines the expressions of recently assassinated pop singers' last images and believes they match Derek Zoolander's signature look, "Blue Steel". A flashback reveals that the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good collapsed, killing Derek's wife Matilda Jeffries and injuring Hansel McDonald two days after the events of the first film. Derek later lost custody of his son, Derek Zoolander Jr., and announced his retirement from modeling and subsequent reclusion.