Zoolander: Super Model

{{Short description|American animated comedy film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Zoolander: Super Model

| image = Zoolander, Super Model title card.png

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| director = Aaron Augenblick

| writer = {{Plainlist|

• John Aboud
• Michael Colton

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| based_on = {{Based on|Zoolander characters|Ben Stiller|Drake Sather}}

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Ben Stiller
• Justin Theroux

}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Ben Stiller
• Owen Wilson
• Tim Gunn
• Nick Kroll

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| cinematography =

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| studio = {{Plainlist|

• Augenblick Studios
• Insurge Pictures
• Red Hour Productions

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| distributor = CBS All Access

| released = {{Film date|2016|8|1|United Kingdom|2020|5|26|United States}}

| runtime = 84 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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Zoolander: Super Model is an American adult animated superhero comedy film directed by Aaron Augenblick and starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Tim Gunn and Nick Kroll. Based on the Zoolander characters created by Ben Stiller and Drake Sather,{{cite web|title=How to Run An Indie Animation Studio: The Aaron Augenblick Interview|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-podcasts/how-to-run-an-indie-animation-studio-the-aaron-augenblick-interview-85490.html|website=Cartoon Brew|date=8 July 2013 }} it was written by John Aboud and Michael Colton. The work was produced in 2011 as a series of short episodes with the intent of releasing it as a web television series, but the episodes were eventually packaged together as a film instead,{{cite web |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/zoolander-animated-show-history |title=WHAT IF THEY MADE A 'ZOOLANDER' ANIMATED SHOW AND NOBODY KNEW IT EXISTED? |last=Grierson |first=Tim |date=February 9, 2021 |publisher=Mel Magazine |access-date=2022-04-14}} and was released on Netflix in 2016 in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. In May 2020, it was released worldwide on CBS All Access.{{Cite tweet|user=augenblicknyc|author-link=Augenblick Studios|number=1265325374008893447|title=Our animated ZOOLANDER SUPERMODEL is now available on @CBSallaccess!!!|date=May 26, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://screencrush.com/zoolander-super-model-animated-movie/|title=Watch the Trailer For the Unreleased 'Zoolander' Animated Movie|first=Matt|last=Singer|website=ScreenCrush|date=2 January 2019 }} This was Jerry Stiller's final voice acting role before his death on May 11, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/jerry-stiller-has-died-5095693-May2020/|title=Jerry Stiller, star of Seinfeld and King of Queens, dies aged 92|first=Orla|last=Dwyer|website=TheJournal.ie|date=11 May 2020 }}

It is a parody of 1980s Saturday morning cartoons, depicting Derek Zoolander and Hansel McDonald as superheroes. Ben Stiller, who oversaw the work's production, gave the writers notes asking them to tone down some of the jokes to keep it similar to the PG-13 content of the original film, so while it would still be geared towards adults, it wouldn't be so adult that younger viewers couldn't watch it.