Kal Penn, one half of the Harold & Kumar comedy franchise (John Cho being the opposite half), needs to make a fourth installment. The unique, Harold & Kumar Go to White Fortress, was launched in 2004 and have become a cult traditional. This was the peak of the DVD period, so it is sensible why it did so nicely. Simply think about the entire dorm rooms that had a duplicate of this film.
That success spawned the 2008 sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, which, you guessed it, revolves across the pair escaping from jail. A third film, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas then got here three years later on the top of the 3D craze. These movies actually know the right way to capitalize on traits, eh?
Now, almost a decade has previous and Penn thinks it’s time for an additional hit off of that bong. Whereas talking with Selection, he mentioned that each he and Cho have mentioned doing one other one and he’s additionally spoken with the creators, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, about it.
“We’d like to do a fourth film. John Cho and I textual content about it on a regular basis,” mentioned Penn. “Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg — who created and wrote all three motion pictures within the franchise — all of us would like to do one. I feel all of us, fortunately, have the blessing of being actually busy proper now and wish to discover the appropriate venue and the appropriate timing.”
After all, what makes the unique so good is that every one it’s about is 2 roommates eager for some quick meals to ease their day by day troubles. That’s it. It’s easy, hilarious and includes a phenomenal (and comeback) efficiency from Neil Patrick Harris. The sequel, in the meantime, grew to become slightly too political, however it nonetheless has its deserves. And actually, I’ve by no means managed to see the third film.
Comedies are straightforward to make, although. They’re low-cost and because of this, can flip a revenue a lot quicker. However based mostly on the monitor file of some current sequels to dormant comedy franchises (Dumb and Dumber To, Zoolander 2, and Tremendous Troopers 2), a fourth Harold & Kumar doesn’t assure success, which suggests it might need to occur on a streaming platform at this level.
What do you assume, although? Might a Harold & Kumar film even work as we speak? Pontificate under together with your ideas.
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