by James
15. February 2010 12:06
Todd Phillips, director of The Hangover, our favourite recent Vegas film, has confirmed that there will indeed be a sequel to the 2009 box office hit and Golden Globe winner.
The making of the sequel has been confirmed by Todd Phillips and Bradley Cooper, who acted in The Hangover. Bradley Cooper got together with costars Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha to brainstorm some ideas for the film, while Todd Phillips waited until there was a location and storyline that the cast and he could agree on to give the go ahead. Cooper has divulged that they are all already extremely excited for the hilarious opening sequence that Phillips came up with.
The Hangover was previously featured on this blog because the film was set in Vegas and featured all sorts of typically, and not so typically, Vegas scenarios, including gambling, attempting to cheat while gambling, as well as winning and, just as quickly, losing obscenely large quantities of money. The film featured a hilarious blend of circumstance and luck that seems to be representative of casino games such as poker and blackjack, therefore making it the perfect plot for a Vegas film. The budget for the film was $35 million but it ended up grossing $270 million just in the US- another gamble that paid off.
It’s rumoured that the sequel will be shot in Thailand, not in Vegas, but the cast will remain the same. Phillips would only consider doing a sequel if the original cast wanted to, stating that he loved making The Hangover and if he made the sequel without the original cast it would be crushed.
Apparently Warner Bros and the cast were already thinking about a sequel even before the first film had been finished being made. Phillips explained: “We were thinking of sequel ideas when we were shooting, which sounds cocky, but we were doing it more because it was just fun to talk about ideas while hanging out on the set…Two weeks ago I was saying, ‘let’s see how it works out.’ Now that the movie has really connected, it’s something we’re doing for sure.”
Shooting of the sequel could start as early as 2010.