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It was a walk-off.

Actors Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson recently took to the runway at Paris Fashion Week during a Valentino fashion show. Stiller and Wilson played models Derek Zoolander and Hansel, respectively, in the 2001 comedy 鈥淶oolander.鈥� Stiller tweeted of his participation,

So it looks like it鈥檚 official 鈥� the sequel to the 2001 movie is moving forward.

It鈥檚 an unusual move for the two stars. While Stiller and Wilson have certainly appeared in sequels 鈥� both star in the 鈥淣ight at the Museum鈥� series, which released the third film in the series this past December. But 鈥淢useum鈥� is a family-friendly film series. Stiller, Wilson, and the other actors who are part of what Monitor writer Laura Randall and other members of the media have called the 鈥渇rat pack,鈥� a group of comedians that also includes Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Luke Wilson, and Vince Vaughn, have largely avoided sequels to some of their biggest hits, which include 鈥淥ld School,鈥� 鈥淭ropic Thunder,鈥� 鈥淲edding Crashers,鈥� and 鈥淒odgeball.鈥� An exception was 2013鈥檚 鈥淎nchorman 2鈥� 鈥� the original movie starred Ferrell and many of the others made cameos in the film.聽

There seems no doubt that 鈥淶oolander 2,鈥� which is slated for a February 2016 release, according to the Hollywood Reporter, will be a financial success. Will it please fans as well?

鈥淎nchorman 2,鈥� to take a 鈥渇rat pack鈥� example, received a middling reception when it was released. Monitor film critic Peter Rainer gave the movie a C, writing that 鈥渢oo much of a good thing isn鈥檛 always a good thing鈥� great gobs of this movie about the famously obtuse newscaster are scattershot and dim and obvious,鈥� while the movie holds a score of 61 out of 100 on review aggregator website Metacritic.聽

There are some movie comedy sequels like 鈥淎 Shot in the Dark鈥� and 鈥淕hostbusters II鈥� that have their fans, but even those that people like can be subject to the verdict 鈥淣ot as good as the first one.鈥� And when it comes to bad comedy sequels, unfortunately many, like 鈥淐addyshack II鈥� and 鈥淲eekend at Bernie鈥檚 II,鈥� come to mind.聽

However, back in 2011, Stiller told Empire he thought there was a lot of story potential for 鈥淶oolander,鈥� so fans can hold out hope for a creatively satisfying movie. Stiller said the sequel would take place 10 years after the first movie and said that in Derek and Hansel鈥檚 industry, 鈥渢en years is a thousand years. They鈥檙e both totally out of it and have to start from scratch鈥� There鈥檚 a lot there, I鈥檓 excited about the idea of doing it.鈥�