Zoolander is a 2001 American comedy film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. A satire on the fashion industry, the film follows fashion model Derek Zoolander (Stiller) who is tricked by fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu (Will Ferrell) to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia, whose progressive laws on the fashion industry would harm his businesses. The film received generally positive reviews and was both a critical and box-office success. A sequel, Zoolander 2, was released in February 2016. An animated film, Zoolander: Super Model, was released on Netflix UK in August 2016.
