Write the Hangover Sequel in 25 Words or Less
Based on a string of triumphant test screenings and a hit trailer at ShoWest, Warner Bros. had green-lit a sequel to The Hangover more than two months before it became the summer's biggest sleeper smash to date. Yet even more than clever marketing and extraordinary word of mouth, its estimated $43 million opening reflects the success of one phenomenally well-told joke: Three guys lose another on a depraved trip to Vegas. SPOILER ALERT: They find him. Even if the principals return (and they will), how do they follow that? This, dear reader, is where you come in. (Be advised, though: Real spoilers after the jump.)
As first reported back in April, director Todd Phillips is expected to rejoin the proceedings with stars Bradley Cooper, Zach Galafianakis and Ed Helms. Considering that none of their characters really knew each other prior to their misbegotten Vegas getaway, a prequel is most likely out. And the only real open story thread at the end of the film involves Helms's
So let's deduce the next step on our own right here at Movieline. And keep it to 25 words or less, just for the arbitrary, compact hell of it. I'll start:
· The gang returns to scam Vegas with Galifiankis's Rain Man trick. Gangster Ken Jeong sniffs them out, kidnaps Heather Graham and demands a cut.
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Heather Graham exposes her other breast, while the rest of the cast tries to spell 'Galifianakis'
Zack Galifinakis becomes a competitive blackjack pro, sinks into drug addled despair; the gang goes to Motecarlo to save him, Deer Hunter style.
I can do it in 3 words: Straight to DVD.
Zach enters the World Jockstrap Awards at the Bellagio; gang, including Tyson, train him in Rocky-esque montage. In the thrilling climactic bout, he loses to Russian colossus Boris Junknekoff on a technicality.
After several flops, Katherine Heigl’s in Vegas to reinvent herself as a topless showgirl. Our gang’s new mission: Get Old #7 front-row seats for heckling.
Good to see you're still at it.
Here's my try: The crew decide to go on another trip, this time to the Appalachians where they uncover a surly group of mountain men...maybe we can get Jon Voight in this.
Bride gets kidnapped on honeymoon by a radical sect of lesbian revolutionaries, while the guys are drunk.
The script then writes itself.
That idea has been done before. http://tinyurl.com/25zhtv
If you think crazy stuff never happens in Utah, YOU'D BE TOTALLY WRONG!!!!
Alan and Phil become odd BFFs. In the course of their friendship, Alan becomes engaged, making Phil jealous. The old gang and wedding madness ensues.
Galafianakis is revealed to the audience as a Wolfman. Cooper, and Helms inadvertently find him mid change and turn him into a Pro Bowler. In the end he picks up the dreaded 7-10 split while non-wolfed.
This is a great scenario, but isn't Phil married? How and why does he get jealous? Not that I wouldn't want to see it.
Well, you see, Phil sees Alan as his avatar to control in singledom. It's fun for Phil and Alan needs the help. Enter Sarah Silverman as the weird chick who appreciates Phil's quirks, or does she have plans of her own???
Pretty thought through there
No matter what, Ken Jeong will have a bigger role with more offensive but oddly hilarious catch phrases. After seeing The Hangover on Friday night, a trailed a bunch of fratty dudes on the way home that seriously quoted his lines for 2 blocks. "Suck on these tiny Chinese Balls", etc.
As the global financial crisis deepens, sequels will have to be combined. Thus...
The Hangover: On The Road Again.
The boys hit Vegas again, get wasted and wake up to... a mysterious apocalypse in which everything has been burned away. Hungry, they become road cannibals, stalking resilient father-son combinations.
well where they left with 80,000 they decide to go back the next week.. and stu goes back to get huis wife..
Well if they didnt show the pics at the end credits which was the best part by the way they could have shown what happened in the sequel kind of like a prequel. Or maybe bring mike epps back and let them take the exctasy this time.
1. Dust off spec script for Weekend at Bernie's III.
2. Change title/character names. Move setting to Vegas.
3. Profit!
I would just say instead of taking all those pictures at the end of the movie, make another one thats shows them partying. Make their lines funny as hell, have them pick up hookers , spend money, get into fights, crazy shit that everyone from 18-30 can relate to. I say film it it miami or la not las vegas to many movies shot there. Have them all rent out a house like in american pie and chill on the beach and have parties with jetskies, and fine ass girls. Fuckin speedboats, and i could help film it or direct bc i went to broadcasting skool:)
Alan is on drugs
The fellas go to Europe for a guys only vacation, again they are slipped some crazy drug or alcohol giving them a wild night. In the morning a valuable from each guy is missing, and they use the pictures taken from their camera to retrace their steps to find the valuables before their plane leave. Valubles can be maybe alan's purse thing, An engagement/wedding ring, A lottery ticket, and a good luck charm.
For their annual trip, the trio salivates onto South Beach's Ocean Drive revisiting scenes for the Scarface movie. The strongest mojitos have them severely detoured.
The boys go to Amsterdam to try something a little stronger than alchohol, but, after yet another night of epic debauchery, recyled mayhem ensues.
Make some yummy petite meatballs, cook and freeze, take out and defrost and then add them to your favorite bar-b-que sauce recipe. Keep them warm in a crock pot. Big hit at parties.
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