Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is the sequel to Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. The film is planned for release on April 25, 2008 with John Cho and Kal Penn returning as the duo of stoners and Paula Garcés as Harold’s love interest Maria. Neil Patrick Harris also returns as a satirical version of himself.

Sources confirm the film production began the third week of January 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and finished in March.

The premise of the movie involves Kumar Patel, the Indian American protagonist of the original film, being mistaken for a ‘bomb carrying terrorist’ while the pair are trying to use a bong on board a plane en route to Amsterdam. They are incarcerated in a Guantanamo Bay detention camp but manage to escape.

The movie follows their adventures as fugitives from the United States Department of Homeland Security as they travel through Miami to Texas and ultimately find themselves in the ranch-house of President George W. Bush.

New additions to the cast are comedian Jon Reep and former Daily Show correspondents Rob Corddry and Ed Helms. Others include David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jack Conley, Roger Bart, Danneel Harris, Eric Winter, Adam Herschman, Richard Christy, and Brandon Routh.

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay apparently picks up at the end of the first film. En route to Amsterdam, Harold and Kumar light a bong aboard their plane. Kumar, already being eyed by the other passengers due to his “terrorist” looks, and Harold are tackled by the passengers and sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

They break out from Guantanamo and begin a series of strange encounters, including an inbred mutant, Neil Patrick Harris, a nude woman, a KKK rally (where they are mistaken for “Mexicans”), and George W. Bush’s ranch house.

Cast:

  • John Cho as Harold Lee
  • Kal Penn as Kumar Patel
  • Roger Bart as Dr. Bleecher
  • Paula Garcés as Maria
  • Neil Patrick Harris as “Neil Patrick Harris”
  • Rob Corddry as Ron Fox
  • David Krumholtz as Goldstein
  • Clyde Kusatsu as Mr. Lee
  • Eddie Kaye Thomas as Rosenberg
  • Beverly D’Angelo as Brothel Mistress
  • Jon Reep as Raymus
  • Ed Helms as Interpreter
  • Adam Herschman as Archie
  • Jack Conley as Deputy Frye
  • Danneel Harris as Vanessa
  • Tamara Feldman as Chloe

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