From one of the directors:
I know there have been a lot of questions, so I'll get right to it--
We finished shooting H&K2 this past week. It was an awesome experience. Our editor has most of the scenes cut together and it's looking really good. I don't know how IMDB came up with 6mill for the budget. We had a bigger budget than the first movie. There's a lot more action this time around. Our music budget is better than the first. Overall, it's going to look and feel like a bigger movie.
As far as the comedy goes-- we've been laughing our asses off for the past two months! Without question, John Cho and Kal Penn have taken it to the next level. They have the same dynamic, only this time around Harold has more balls and Kumar is the one who has a love interest. The situations they get in are so absurd and awesome that they will make you forget about the first movie.
Also, I don't want to give too much away-- BUT ROB CORDRRY IS F-ING AWESOME!!! I predict that this movie will jolt his career, just like NPH. He plays the most offensive villain in recent movie history.
Speaking of NPH-- did you like him in the first movie? Did you think he was funny? You were wrong. He wasn't funny. He was just practicing for the sequel, where he gives the performance of a lifetime. He has a slightly bigger part this time around, and knocks it out of the park. I know some of you are wondering if we did any gay references because he came out of the closet. I don't want to give anything away-- suffice it to say that if you don't laugh at NPH then you have no sense of humor and should die.
Jon and I made sure to stay away from bringing back too many jokes and characters from the first movie. We had Rosenberg, Goldstein, Maria, NPH, and Dr. Patel come back because they help define H&K's universe. But there are plenty of new characters we've created that you will want us to bring back for H&K3.
Now let's talk Christopher Meloni. Obviously, we all liked Freakshow, but Jon and I felt that if he returned, along with NPH, it would be H&K1 overkill. So this time around, we have Meloni playing a NEW character. I don't want to say anything else, other than once again he will be tough to recognize.
What else?
Oh yeah-- how about the best nude scene in film history? Again, I don't want to spoil it for the audience, but you all might as well know that there is more female nudity in this movie than in any other Hollywood movie of my lifetime. And for you ladies out there, there will be more male nudity as well. Jon and I were never pleased with the amount of nudity in H&K1. This time around, we're the directors and we took advantage of our power.
People have been asking us what the title will be. I think we may have an official title within the next month or so. As I've said many times, it will not be "Harold & Kumar go to Amsterdam." Why? Because that's not what the movie's about-- it's just how the story begins. Until we announce our official/secret title, the movie is called H&K2.
Finally-- I'm sure you all want to know when the movie is coming out. SO DO WE! You have to understand that the majority of release dates that get slated this far back in advance are for HUGE BUDGET MOVIES-- Spiderman 3, Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc. If you're not in that league, then you have to wait till the movie has a test audience to determine when it's coming out. Since we haven't even started editing yet (which will take ten weeks) we may not have an official release date unti sometime this summer.
But rest assured, Jon and I are trying our best to have the movie come out as soon as possible (which means Nov/Dec '07). It would be close to impossible for it to come out before then. There's a good chance it will come out in early '08. That's the movie business for you. Just continue being patient and you will get what you want. That's what we've been doing the past 3 years.
Thanks for looking forward to the movie. We promise you'll all laugh really hard.
I know there have been a lot of questions, so I'll get right to it--
We finished shooting H&K2 this past week. It was an awesome experience. Our editor has most of the scenes cut together and it's looking really good. I don't know how IMDB came up with 6mill for the budget. We had a bigger budget than the first movie. There's a lot more action this time around. Our music budget is better than the first. Overall, it's going to look and feel like a bigger movie.
As far as the comedy goes-- we've been laughing our asses off for the past two months! Without question, John Cho and Kal Penn have taken it to the next level. They have the same dynamic, only this time around Harold has more balls and Kumar is the one who has a love interest. The situations they get in are so absurd and awesome that they will make you forget about the first movie.
Also, I don't want to give too much away-- BUT ROB CORDRRY IS F-ING AWESOME!!! I predict that this movie will jolt his career, just like NPH. He plays the most offensive villain in recent movie history.
Speaking of NPH-- did you like him in the first movie? Did you think he was funny? You were wrong. He wasn't funny. He was just practicing for the sequel, where he gives the performance of a lifetime. He has a slightly bigger part this time around, and knocks it out of the park. I know some of you are wondering if we did any gay references because he came out of the closet. I don't want to give anything away-- suffice it to say that if you don't laugh at NPH then you have no sense of humor and should die.
Jon and I made sure to stay away from bringing back too many jokes and characters from the first movie. We had Rosenberg, Goldstein, Maria, NPH, and Dr. Patel come back because they help define H&K's universe. But there are plenty of new characters we've created that you will want us to bring back for H&K3.
Now let's talk Christopher Meloni. Obviously, we all liked Freakshow, but Jon and I felt that if he returned, along with NPH, it would be H&K1 overkill. So this time around, we have Meloni playing a NEW character. I don't want to say anything else, other than once again he will be tough to recognize.
What else?
Oh yeah-- how about the best nude scene in film history? Again, I don't want to spoil it for the audience, but you all might as well know that there is more female nudity in this movie than in any other Hollywood movie of my lifetime. And for you ladies out there, there will be more male nudity as well. Jon and I were never pleased with the amount of nudity in H&K1. This time around, we're the directors and we took advantage of our power.
People have been asking us what the title will be. I think we may have an official title within the next month or so. As I've said many times, it will not be "Harold & Kumar go to Amsterdam." Why? Because that's not what the movie's about-- it's just how the story begins. Until we announce our official/secret title, the movie is called H&K2.
Finally-- I'm sure you all want to know when the movie is coming out. SO DO WE! You have to understand that the majority of release dates that get slated this far back in advance are for HUGE BUDGET MOVIES-- Spiderman 3, Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc. If you're not in that league, then you have to wait till the movie has a test audience to determine when it's coming out. Since we haven't even started editing yet (which will take ten weeks) we may not have an official release date unti sometime this summer.
But rest assured, Jon and I are trying our best to have the movie come out as soon as possible (which means Nov/Dec '07). It would be close to impossible for it to come out before then. There's a good chance it will come out in early '08. That's the movie business for you. Just continue being patient and you will get what you want. That's what we've been doing the past 3 years.
Thanks for looking forward to the movie. We promise you'll all laugh really hard.
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