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There are few funniness out there as iconic as 2009’sThe Hangover , which turned into a billion - one dollar bill comedy dealership , yet there should never be another sequel . Hollywood usually be intimate to squeeze everything it can out of an idea that ’s even remotely successful , and this was also the character for theHangoverfranchise afterthe first movie ’s resounding achiever . After two less successful sequels , however , The Hangoverfranchise should n’t receive another one .
Todd Philips ’ motion-picture show became the highest - grossing R - give away drollery of all meter thanks toThe Hangover ’s great pedigree and hilarious inverted comma , with a corner office run of $ 469 million worldwide ( viaBox Office Mojo).The Hangover ’s amazing ensemble castof gifted histrion with a lot of alchemy , led by Bradley Cooper , Ed Helms , Zach Galifianakis , and Justin Bartha . Yet , the raunchy movie was never meant to have any sequels , as its whole success stemmed from its bonkers , one - clip premise andThe Hangoverdidn’t set up the universe and the characters for any follow - ups .
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Bradley Cooper Recently Shown Interest In Returning To The Franchise
Bradley Cooper has latterly shown pursuit inThe Hangover 4and in reprize his role as elemental school teacher Phil Wenneck , yet another sequel is a bad idea and should n’t happen . Even if the original cast , including Cooper , Helms , Galifianakis , and Bartha all agree to come back , it has been a decennium since the last flick in the enfranchisement , The Hangover III.When filming for the first movie , most of the cast were in their mid-30s and early 40s and play younger . Now all of them are around their 50 , andit would be less fun and more depressing for their characters to party like they are in their thirty againand black out from holdover .
Even with the original cast of characters , there may be someone not on plank with the sequel : director Todd Phillips . Phillips pop out his life history direct funniness , including 2000’sRoad Trip , 2003’sStarsky & Hutch , and 2010 ’s Due Date , but he has switched to more serious films sinceThe Hangovertrilogy . He has directed 2016’sWar Dogsand the 2019 blockbusterJoker , as well as its upcoming 2024 continuation , Joker : Folie à Deux . found on his genre transition , blend in back toThe Hangovercould be a regression . Not only Phillips has had a career alteration , but so has most ofThe Hangovercast , including Cooper , who has mostly transition into Oscar - winning picture show .
The Hangover Movies Never Recaptured The Original’s Magic
Another Sequel Would Just Doom The Franchise
Despite how successful the 2009 movie was , the residuum ofThe Hangovertrilogywasn’t as critically and commercially hail , and that is becausethey never managed to recreate the original movie ’s magic . The Hangoverwas a one - hit wonder , and bringing the characters back really made them tough in the sequels . The Hangover IItried replicating the first film ’s formula and bomb , with the third picture show reinventing itself with a novel story that also did n’t succeed . The subsequence have already diminished the original moving picture ’s impact enough . Continuing the story would n’t do the dealership any favour , so , The Hangovershould never get another continuation .
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