\n\tHurwitz and Schlossberg will also direct the feature, which is being developed at Lionsgate-owned Mandate Pictures. It is a full-circle moment for the gentlemen, as their Hollywood career got high thanks to writing the original movie, 2004\u2019s Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and making their directorial debut with 2008\u2019s Harold & Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay.<\/p>\n
\n\tJohn Cho and Kal Penn, who played the title characters, are expected to return, although no deals have been made with the actors. Neil Patrick Harris was also a key component to the cast, and his involvement is unclear.<\/p>\n
\n\tHurwitz, Schlossberg and Heald will produce via their Counterbalance Entertainment banner, alongside Greg Shapiro, who produced the original movies and later went on to win an Oscar for best picture thanks to his work on war drama The Hurt Locker. Mandate, which also produced the original trio, will again produce. The feature will be one of the first projects produced by Nathan Kahane, Lionsgate\u2019s current motion picture group president who is stepping down at year\u2019s end<\/a> and returning to Mandate to be a producer.<\/p>\n \n\tDina Hillier will executive produce for Counterbalance.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe original Harold & Kumar, directed by Danny Leiner, followed to two young men, Korean American Harold Lee and Indian American Kumar Patel, who embark on a road trip to the Northeast burger joint named White Castle to satiate their munchies after they smoke some weed. But with the nearest White Castle miles away, they find themselves on a series of increasingly bizarre adventures, including getting arrested by racist cops, getting high with a cheetah, and picking up a hitchhiker who turns out to be famous TV actor Neil Patrick Harris, high on ecstasy.<\/p>\n \n\tWhite Castle proved to have a potent strain as it mixed stoner and sex comedy elements with the inversion of stereotypes, timely social and political issues, and platforming actors who would not normally find themselves as headliners. The movie had a profitable theatrical run and become a cult hit on home entertainment. Guantanamo and 2011\u2019s A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas<\/a>, directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, followed. The trio of films was made by Warner Bros. division New Line Cinema.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe\u2019re fired up to bring Harold and Kumar back in a return to the unapologetically R-rated, smoke-filled chaos that started it all,\u201d Hurwitz and Schlossberg said jointly in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s high time they puff and pass their wisdom onto a new generation. Just don\u2019t tell their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy<\/p>\n \n\tCho and Penn have both seen their careers ascend since the first movie. Cho went on to play Sulu in the Star Trek movie reboot and was nominated for an Indie Spirit Award for his performance in the 2018 thriller Searching. Penn appeared in the long-running medical mystery series House and later was a member of the Obama administration as an associate director in the White House Office of Public Engagement.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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