Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay News

'Harold and Kumar' Going for Third Film

July 25, 2008 01:07:33

In their first film, they have arrived at the White Castle and in the second, they have escaped from the Guantanamo Bay. Now, it looks like the two hilarious stoners, Harold and Kumar, are ready to fall into a new adventure with a third film, "Harold and Kumar 3", being picked up by Mandate Pictures.

Coming back for the third installment of the R-rated feature film project are Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg who serve as screenwriters of "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" and "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" as well as director of the latter. For this new project, the pair has been touted to once again write the script and helm the movie.

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Harold of 'Harold and Kumar' Talks About Hilarious 'Escape From Guantanamo Bay'

April 22, 2008 09:04:23

As "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay", the sequel of hit film "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle", is coming close to its theatrical release on April 25, one of its star duo, John Cho, sat down to talk about the highly anticipated stoners comedy. In a video interview with MovieWeb.com, the Korean-born actor revealed much about the forthcoming Warner Bros. Pictures' movie.

Talking about the funnier follow-up, Cho addressed many topics related to this second film. One of the topics brought up was the remark of being better than "Eurotrip". When asked whether the dishing of the Jeff Schaffer's 2004 comedy movie starring Michelle Trachtenberg has been planned, Cho confessed the otherwise explaining that it happened to come out without being scripted initially.

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'Harold and Kumar' Escaped to LA Premiere

April 19, 2008 11:04:04

As "Harold and Kumar" fans are waiting for the theatrical release of their two favorite slackers' adventure film, the cast and crew of "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" are celebrating the sequel film's premiere. On Thursday, April 17, night, they walked on the red carpet for the film's Los Angeles premiere which is held at ArcLight Cinerama Dome, Hollywood, California.

The special event was attended by most of the cast ensemble, including John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Danneel Harris, David Krumholtz and Ed Helms as well as the two filmmakers behind the Warner Bros. Pictures' comedy film, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Though the red carpet didn't sport any uniqueness unlike some other films, such as "Cloverfield" which erected the headless Liberty statue, it still attracted many Hollywood celebrities, including Brandon Routh, Tatyana Ali, Jason Biggs, Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Winter, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jenny Mollen and Monica Keena.

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'Harold and Kumar 2' Having 'Bottomless' Party

April 16, 2008 10:04:39

As it has been hinted earlier in the red band trailer, future audience to "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" may expect to be exposed to some nudity scenes in the adventure comedy flick. In MTV's article about the new wave of nudity, it is revealed that John Cho and Kal Penn the two leading actors of the Warner Bros' film bare their butts for the camera.

According to the music network, the two characters will be seen attending a "bottomless" party. Allegedly before taking their pants off, the obviously overjoyed Harold played by Cho said to his fellow stoner friend, "Let's face it: Pants are overrated - let's take them off." Aside from exposing the two thesps, the particular nude scene will also picture various naked shots.

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'Harold and Kumar' to Have Spin-Off Featuring Neil Patrick Harris?

March 17, 2008 04:03:59

Talking about the upcoming film "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" at 2008 SXSW Film Festival, writer-directors Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg revealed that there is a big possibility that the franchise will continue. In fact, according to AICN, the filmmakers behind the comedy starring Kal Penn and John Cho may be having a spin-off with Neil Patrick Harris in it.

When asked by the movie news site about the possibility of having a spin-off from the films, Harris revealed his excitement. "Part of me thinks that would be really hilarious just to make up this fictitious back story of my family and that makes me think of Steve Martin in THE JERK, just going really outlandish and then part of me thinks that is just truly jumping the shark, so I don't know," he also told AICN. "When you are spinning off a character that's based on a real person, but not real...I don't know, it might be too much, but if anyone can write it..."

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'Harold and Kumar' Sequel Heads to 2008 SXSW Film Festival

January 16, 2008 09:01:10

Expected to hit theaters on April 4, "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" will be previewed sooner as the comedy film is heading to South by Southwest film festival. According to reports, the film directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg has joined the line-up of film to be screened at SXSW Film 2008.

The sequel of "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" is among other films showing on the festival scheduled for March 7 to 11. Among the films are a documentary about the Texas town where President Bush has his ranch "Crawford", a film about a Michael Jackson impersonator who befriends a Marilyn Monroe impersonator "Mister Lonely", and a look at the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle through a variety of perspectives "Battle in Seattle".

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Official Trailer of Harold & Kumar 2 Released

December 27, 2007 11:12:06

Having released the teaser and the restricted trailer for the sequel of "Harold & Kumar", New Line Cinema has given out the official trailer of "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay". With the release of the trailer, Haroldandkumar2.net stated that the sequel seems to be better than the first one.

In the film sequel, Harold and Kumar are going on a cross-country, pot-smoking adventure. This time, they have to outrun police as they are suspected to be terrorists after they try to smuggle a bong on-board their flight to Amsterdam.

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Red Band Harold and Kumar 2 Trailer Comes Up

December 07, 2007 05:12:03

A restricted trailer for New Line Cinema's upcoming "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" has made its way to circulate on the net by now, obviously presenting content that only those above 18 years old are allowed to see.

Not only shows profanity from all different directions, the trailer also relentlessly features everything from nudity to stereotypes on practically every single race and religion.

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