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Warner Bros. committed to a sequel even before the film went on general release. Variety later reported in July 2009, that production on The Hangover 2 will begin in October 2010, for a Memorial Day weekend 2011 release, following the same production schedule used for the first film.
Director Todd Philips dismissed rumors that Zac Efron would star in The Hangover 2. Justin Bartha said he'd welcome Efron “If it gets people in the seats," adding that he would also welcome the whole male cast of Twilight and Will Smith, too. Actor Ed Helms admits Efron would be a welcome addition to the cast, commenting, "I love that guy. He's actually really funny." Efron himself says he has not been contacted about the role but that he would welcome the chance to work with the cast.
They also talked about meeting expectations and rumor control. Read on for a quote from the 40 year old filmmaker when asked about Warner Bros. expectations for the sequel and what the goal of the film is:
I think to a certain extent, I mean not certainly like whatever you want to do as far as spending money, but at a certain extent they believe that we brought them The Hangover. We delivered what we said we would deliver, so I think they know I’m not looking to fuck up the Hangover 2,
I want to make it funny, too. You know what I mean? I think basically my point is we’re all trying to do the same thing. Make a real funny movie that works, so I think that they trust that certainly with that title I can do that.
One quick follow-up, how do you feel though getting back with those characters in the universe after such crazy success? I mean that has to…is there any pressure on you for that one?
I mean again, I think it’s all good pressure. I think that the movie did so well and quite honestly the movie did so much repeat business that, I don’t know how aware you guys are of that, but they have their little formulas and the DVD’s and all those things, that people love those characters. In other words, sometimes movies do well but it’s just this huge flood of people go see them and then you know…this movie just kept going because people kept going back. That tells me that they love those characters and that tells me, not that the movie’s going to financially do better, but just that there’s love out there for these four guys. We can now put them through a whole new set of paces and people will want to see it. So for me, it’s really exciting. As big as The Hangover was, it again alleviates the pressure for Hangover 2 in a weird way but maybe I’m just looking at it wrong.
So they’re like the Sex and the City, the guys are like the male equivalent of Sex and the City?
You know I’m not even going to answer that because I have learned if I say “yeah, that’s a good point” then it comes and then “oh he equates him to Sex and the City like there’s a way I’ve just learned. So my new thing is just…Oh yeah, just look away. I don’t know. There’s a lot of rumors. There was rumor also that it was going to Mexico or something and neither are true.
When are you starting to film Hangover 2?
November.
Really?
The 1st. That’s what we’re trying, but you know a lot of it has to do with Ed Helm’s Office schedule and Bradley Cooper’s other movies. Right now our goal is to start shooting November 1st.
Warner Bros. committed to a sequel even before the film went on general release. Variety later reported in July 2009, that production on The Hangover 2 will begin in October 2010, for a Memorial Day weekend 2011 release, following the same production schedule used for the first film.
Director Todd Philips dismissed rumors that Zac Efron would star in The Hangover 2. Justin Bartha said he'd welcome Efron “If it gets people in the seats," adding that he would also welcome the whole male cast of Twilight and Will Smith, too. Actor Ed Helms admits Efron would be a welcome addition to the cast, commenting, "I love that guy. He's actually really funny." Efron himself says he has not been contacted about the role but that he would welcome the chance to work with the cast.
They also talked about meeting expectations and rumor control. Read on for a quote from the 40 year old filmmaker when asked about Warner Bros. expectations for the sequel and what the goal of the film is:
I think to a certain extent, I mean not certainly like whatever you want to do as far as spending money, but at a certain extent they believe that we brought them The Hangover. We delivered what we said we would deliver, so I think they know I’m not looking to fuck up the Hangover 2,
I want to make it funny, too. You know what I mean? I think basically my point is we’re all trying to do the same thing. Make a real funny movie that works, so I think that they trust that certainly with that title I can do that.
One quick follow-up, how do you feel though getting back with those characters in the universe after such crazy success? I mean that has to…is there any pressure on you for that one?
I mean again, I think it’s all good pressure. I think that the movie did so well and quite honestly the movie did so much repeat business that, I don’t know how aware you guys are of that, but they have their little formulas and the DVD’s and all those things, that people love those characters. In other words, sometimes movies do well but it’s just this huge flood of people go see them and then you know…this movie just kept going because people kept going back. That tells me that they love those characters and that tells me, not that the movie’s going to financially do better, but just that there’s love out there for these four guys. We can now put them through a whole new set of paces and people will want to see it. So for me, it’s really exciting. As big as The Hangover was, it again alleviates the pressure for Hangover 2 in a weird way but maybe I’m just looking at it wrong.
So they’re like the Sex and the City, the guys are like the male equivalent of Sex and the City?
You know I’m not even going to answer that because I have learned if I say “yeah, that’s a good point” then it comes and then “oh he equates him to Sex and the City like there’s a way I’ve just learned. So my new thing is just…Oh yeah, just look away. I don’t know. There’s a lot of rumors. There was rumor also that it was going to Mexico or something and neither are true.
When are you starting to film Hangover 2?
November.
Really?
The 1st. That’s what we’re trying, but you know a lot of it has to do with Ed Helm’s Office schedule and Bradley Cooper’s other movies. Right now our goal is to start shooting November 1st.
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