{"id":1697,"date":"2026-07-08T14:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:34:30","slug":"a-new-harold-kumar-movie-is-closer-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1697","title":{"rendered":"A New Harold &#038; Kumar Movie Is Closer Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1610247\" data-title=\"A New Harold &amp; Kumar Movie Is Closer Than Ever\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/harold-and-kumar-new-movie-closer-than-ever\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p>For the first time in over 15 years, we could have a brand-new <em>Harold &amp; Kumar<\/em> film soon enough. Everyone light up in anticipatory joy!<\/p>\n<p>The news came directly from producer Greg Shapiro during a discussion section at this year\u2019s Karlovy Vary Film Festival (via <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/global\/harold-kumar-4-greg-shapiro-1236803633\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>). Shapiro said that they\u2019re \u201cworking on the screenplay right now,\u201d and that \u201ceverybody\u2019s back, the actors [<a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/kal-penn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kal Penn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/john-cho\" target=\"_blank\">John Cho<\/a>], the writers\u2026the writers are directing, and hopefully we should be shooting it soon.\u201d However, Shapiro didn\u2019t provide a definitive timeline as \u201cit\u2019s like any movie, it all has to come together in the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film\u00a0would follow 2004\u2019s <em>Harold &amp; Kumar Go to White Castle<\/em>, 2008\u2019s <em>Harold &amp; Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay<\/em>, and 2011\u2019s A<em> Very Harold &amp; Kumar 3D Christmas<\/em>. News of its development <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/06\/harold-and-kumar-4th-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\">broke last summer<\/a> when (per Shapiro\u2019s comments)<em> Cobra Kai<\/em> creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald were booked to write a new script. (While they wrote all three films, Hurwitz and Schlossberg only previously directed <em>Escape from Guantanamo Bay<\/em>.) Also last year,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/harold-and-kumar-sequel-in-the-works-1236292052\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> noted that the film would also be produced by Mandate Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement from last year, Hurwitz and Schlossberg said that they were \u201cfired up to bring Harold and Kumar back in a return to the unapologetically R-rated, smoke-filled chaos that started it all. It\u2019s high time they puff and pass their wisdom onto a new generation. Just don\u2019t tell their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Below, revisit some truly standout moments from the OG <em>Harold &amp; Kumar<\/em>. Also revisit our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/list\/best-weed-movies-all-time-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 25 best weed movies of all times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Best Moments Of Harold &amp; Kumar Go To White Castle\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3P27lCRVJ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in over 15 years, we could have a brand-new Harold &amp; Kumar film soon enough. Everyone light up in anticipatory joy! The news came directly from producer Greg Shapiro during a discussion section at this year\u2019s Karlovy Vary Film Festival (via Variety). Shapiro said that they\u2019re \u201cworking on the screenplay right&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/harold-kumar-kal-penn-john-cho.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}