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25 July 2008
Third Harold & Kumar Film Planned
Stoners of the world rejoice
Source: Variety

Third Harold & Kumar Film Planned

They have already Got The Munchies, Gone To White Castle, Gone To Amsterdam and Escaped From Guantanamo - and all that in only two films, thanks to the titles changing every time they cross the Atlantic. But now Harold and Kumar face their toughest challenge yet - persuading us to care about a third instalment.

The first two films saw strangely charming stoners Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) on the search first for the perfect fast-food burger to assuage their munchies and then for fresh supplies of weed in Amsterdam, only to run into endless obstacles on both occasions, from law enforcement to an E-ing Doogie Howser. However, since they were made for very little and took over $30 million at the US box office and more on DVD, perhaps a third film was inevitable.

Both Cho and Penn are likely to return, but there's no answer to the most important question yet. No, not what on Earth the plot will concern: it's about whether Neil Patrick Harris (aka the aforementioned Howser, aka Dr Horrible) will return to cameo once again. We can only hope so, and pray that he sings his lines this time. Maybe some sort of Harold & Kumar / Dr Horrible crossover?

Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who wrote both films and directed the second, will be back to take on both jobs again.

Helen O'Hara

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Your Comments
RE: NO!!!
Really loved the first one but the seccond to me was pure horse shit. Lets hope the third one will be wat i was expecting from the seccond so i can erase guantanamo from my mind and take the third as the seccond. ... Read More

Madmax82 About me

11:47, 12 August 2008 | Report This Post
NO!!!
absolutely nobody could save this shite!!! i would like it if they stopped making these films as much as if they stopped making those scary movie, date movie, shit movies. ... Read More

dougtherugg About me

13:50, 27 July 2008 | Report This Post
RE: YES
L: Scott_ Yay! H&K are awesome. They are so random and increasingly stupid and that appeals to me, I have a weird sense of humour and will laugh at anything...They really need NPH back though otherwise it won't work! L: sanchia The second film was truly dire and any charm first had was completely eliminated.  It was unfunny, down right stupid and on a par with such films as Date Movie (a film I had the misfortune of watching 20 minutes of whilst at a friends house until ... Read More

sanchia About me

19:48, 26 July 2008 | Report This Post
RE: YES
Yay! H&K are awesome. They are so random and increasingly stupid and that appeals to me, I have a weird sense of humour and will laugh at anything...They really need NPH back though otherwise it won't work!   L: sanchia The second film was truly dire and any charm first had was completely eliminated.  It was unfunny, down right stupid and on a par with such films as Date Movie (a film I had the misfortune of watching 20 minutes of whilst at a friends house until ed to wre... Read More

Scott_ About me

17:59, 26 July 2008 | Report This Post
RE: YES
The second film was truly dire and any charm first had was completely eliminated.  It was unfunny, down right stupid and on a par with such films as Date Movie (a film I had the misfortune of watching 20 minutes of whilst at a friends house until I managed to wrest the remote off them and subdue them).  This does not deserve a third film.  ... Read More

sanchia About me

17:25, 26 July 2008 | Report This Post
RE: YES
the first one was funny for about 20 minutes. the rest of it and all of Guantanamo Bay was shit. Worst film i saw at the cinema, it had nothing special about it at all, nothing memorable. I dont think it was worthy of being in cinemas at all. ... Read More

kumar About me

19:09, 25 July 2008 | Report This Post
RE: YES
It will suck if theres no neil patrick harris though??? ... Read More

Frank Castle About me

17:22, 25 July 2008 | Report This Post
YES
This is good, I have never laughed so hard in the theatre as I did at the second movie, just really good brainless humor ... Read More

dillyboy About me

16:00, 25 July 2008 | Report This Post
Hmmmm
Hope this doesn't ruin it's two previous purile yet very funny predecesors. Also if there's no NPH "trippin balls" not sure how this will go down ... Read More

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