The Harold and Kumar panel opened with a disclaimer from moderator Adam Vary of Entertainment Weekly. “This is family day at Comic-Con, but in case you didn’t know, this is for an unrated DVD of a stoner movie.”
But what better way to sell a DVD to your teenage fan base, then to get your hooks into them when they’re in close proximity to parental wallets?
Cynicism aside, it looks like there are some pretty cool elements to the package for the fans. In addition to a “12-15 minute mini adventure of what would happen if Harold and Kumar had decided not to smoke weed on the plane, and made it to Amsterdam,” there’s an extensive interactive feature called “Dude, Change the Movie,” which allows the viewer to swap out scenes from the theatrical cut for other options. Remember the bottomless party? You can choose to watch it topless. “Most of the options,” said co-writer Hayden Schlossberg, “Are extremely unrated, and extremely…”
“Nude,” John Cho interrupted. “You’re welcome.”
Some vague details about Harold and Kumar 3, and disappointment for fans who want to believe that John Cho and Kal Penn are really Harold and Kumar in real life, after the jump.
Because absolutely no progress has been made on the third film other than a signed dea to make it happen, the filmmakers just riffed on the many questions about the next sequel.
“We just agreed to write a third movie,” Schlossberg said. “We haven’t written it yet so I can’t say for sure whether to not Harold and Kumar are going to be in this one…”
“Our hope would be that Harold and Kumar and NPH all return,” said co-writer Jon Hurwitz. “We may recast NPH, have someone else play him…”
“Jaleel White has been hounding us ever since the first movie,” said Schlossberg. “That’s the leverage we have on Neil.”
Hurwitz: “When we were casting Neil for the first one, we got a call from Ralph Macchio’s rep, saying he was available…”
Cho: “We’d like to do a Muppet Babies version.”
Hayden: “It’s basically Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol.”
Jon: I’m thinking Harold and Kumar Babies is the biggest vote getter right now.”
Finally, Cho crushed the dreams of hundreds of pot smokers looking for real-life role models with his answer to the question, “What’s it like being stoner icons? ”
“I would say it’s weird, because we’re not stoners,” Cho said. A disappointed “awww…” spread through the crowd. How dare he lift the veil! Sensing a need to restore the illusion, Cho fired back, “I’m more of a blow guy. I don’t want to come down!”
Left: an Emo Harold T-shirt, available for purchase on the New Line website. Above: John Cho getting emo onstage.
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