Danny Leiner, the man behind the cult favorite films "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and "Dude, Where's My Car?", talked with Now Playing Magazine about the possibility of sequels - or lack thereof - for both films:
"I think the ship has sailed [on a Dude sequel]. For whatever reason, it took the studio a while to go for that. They hired Philip Stark, who was the writer [on the first film], kind of a year or two after [the original]. It was a long break...I just think to do it with Seann and Ashton would be a) I'm not sure if they're interested, and b) I think the financial model - those guys are making so much money now - wouldn't make much sense.
One of the reasons Dude and also Harold & Kumar got made was that they were [cheap]. Dude was under $15 million and Harold & Kumar was like $9 million; it made it very attractive. So I think if they did it, it would be two new actors, and I'm not really interested in doing that myself. So I think it's kind of dead".
As for 'Kumar', Lennier says "Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam, that is the plan. The writers were hired to write that sequel. And I think it's going to depend on how the DVDs sell. If they become a big seller - as I'm hoping they will because I know there's a lot of fans of the movie out there, and hopefully they'll tell their friends and that kind of thing - maybe it will take off like an Office Space or a DVD like that. I actually think we have a good shot. We'll know over the next couple of months, into February and March. Plus, I want to go to Amsterdam!"
Thanks to 'Scott'
