"Kumar" Star to Headline "Van Wilder" Sequel
Edward Douglas over at ComingSoon.net scored a comedic scoop that could be good news, or it could be bad ... depending on what you thought of "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" and its franchise possibilities.
"Although Ryan Reynolds mentioned earlier this year that a sequel to his 2002 comedy "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" was in the works without him, very few details have been released up until this point. ComingSoon.net can now report that actor Kal Penn, who cracked people up with last year's "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and will appear in next year's "Superman Returns," will star in the sequel, tentatively called "Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj."
Currently in pre-production from Myriad Pictures, the story will shift over to Penn's character Taj, Van Wilder's sidekick and protégé from the first film, as he arrives at Oxford University to show the stuffy Brits how to party."
"Although Ryan Reynolds mentioned earlier this year that a sequel to his 2002 comedy "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" was in the works without him, very few details have been released up until this point. ComingSoon.net can now report that actor Kal Penn, who cracked people up with last year's "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and will appear in next year's "Superman Returns," will star in the sequel, tentatively called "Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj."
Currently in pre-production from Myriad Pictures, the story will shift over to Penn's character Taj, Van Wilder's sidekick and protégé from the first film, as he arrives at Oxford University to show the stuffy Brits how to party."
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on Sep 16 2005 07:26 AM Sounds beyond awful. The first one was pretty humorous, do we really need this unnecessary sequel without Ryan Reynolds who made the first one? (Reply to this) |
on Sep 16 2005 07:40 AM Stop making unnecessary sequels, Hollywood! (Reply to this) |
on Sep 16 2005 09:33 PM This sucks! Kal should be making the sequel to H&K, not this. hasn't hollywood learned after "son of the mask" and "xxx: state of the union" that you shouldn't make a sequel w/o the original's star? Reynolds IS van wilder. if he's not in it they shouldn't even have 'van wilder' in the title. yup, this is a bad idea.... I'll probably still go see this though. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 17 2005 06:42 AM if you go see this, it will do nothing to stop these stupid sequels (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 17 2005 01:28 PM Penn's character cracked me up in the first film but I'll be shocked if this film is very good. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 18 2005 06:42 AM Come on, give the film a chance. It does sound kind of lame, but Kal penn has great comic timing. I myself will wait for a trailer before i say anything because i always thought Taj was the funniest character from the first film. It could be okay, but it could also be corny and crap. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 18 2005 09:07 PM A vanwilder movie without vanwilder,god whats wrong with these people?I liked the first vanwilder,and had hoped somewhat for a sequal,but what the hell man.If this movie is actually released i will definatly be passing it,just like i should have done for that damn white castle movie. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2005 07:46 PM In reply to this comment (#826004) uh, hate to break it to you dude, but H&K Go To White Castle was way better than Van Wilder. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 19 2005 10:23 PM Neither one of those movies were side splitting funny,but harold and kumar was in my opinion one of the worst/stupidest comedies that ive ever seen.Van wilder had its moments,and i got a few decent laughs out of it. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 20 2005 12:11 PM Harold and Kumar was hilarious in parts (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 21 2005 09:08 AM thank god ryan reynolds isn't in it. he annoys the hell outta me (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 22 2005 11:56 AM [b]Comedies today[/b] Yeah, comedies today really annoy me, because it seems like they've got funny parts, but the movies on the whole tend to suck. Case in point Anchorman, The Longest Yard, Harold and Kumar... I'll admit I laughed pretty hard at all of these movies, but I came away disappointed. Hopefully Hollywood will change it's ways. (Reply to this) |
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