Despite her commitments to NBC’s Up All Night, Christina Applegate is set to reprise her role as Veronica Corningstone in Anchorman 2.

Celebuzz confirmed the news with Applegate’s reps, who now joins other confirmed cast members Will Farrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carrell, and David Koechner.

Anchorman 2 is still being scripted, said Koechner, who commented a bit on the script to E! News:

“It’s set around the advent of the 24-hour news channel. They’re writing a script right now so no specific details.”

Koechner said he wouldn’t mind some romance in the second flick.

“I’d like to see Ron and Champ in bed,” he joked (at least we think he was joking). “Did you see the first film? Champ’s got a crush on Ron, clearly. So the full evolution of that would be Ron and Champ in bed.”

Are you happy to officially hear Applegate is set to return? What do you think of Koechner’s comments?

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