Who’s ready to go back to White Castle? Get some of those little burgers with the perfect little grilled onions? That’s right, Harold and Kumar are coming back, with John Cho and Kal Penn returning as the stoner comedy duo.
Variety confirms that Harold & Kumar 4 is in the works, with Cho and Penn coming back. Not only that, but the film will be written and directed by the franchise’s creators, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, joined on the screenplay by their Cobra Kai partner Josh Heald.
Released in 2004, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle followed the pot-fueled pals as they attempted to reach the popular fast food joint. It was a modest hit, earning $24M on a $9M budget, but grew into a cult favorite that spawned a sequel, Harold & Kumar Go To Guantanamo Bay, in 2008. That film earned $43M and led to a third movie, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, which made $36M in 2011.
It’ll be interesting to see where Harold and Kumar are at this advanced stage of their lives. Also, can we expect to see Neil Patrick Harris, who has been key in every film so far, come back to play a hyper fictionalized version of himself? Let’s hope so.
