Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.
Photo: Scott Harrison
The Hangover director Todd Phillips confirmed that the Las Vegas comedy has now surpassed $400 million worldwide, and it cost only $32 million to make. It’s become the biggest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time, and although filming will begin hopefully in November for the now-confirmed sequel, it won’t be shot on the Strip again.
Last December at a Caesars Palace party to launch the DVD, Todd gave me the exclusive about the sequel, and he updated the status of Hangover 2 for me last night at the ShoWest Awards at the Paris.
“The script is now 75 percent completed. The exact date for the start of filming isn’t yet in place because that will depend on the four main actors’ schedules. I’m not doing the sequel without them!” he said. I quizzed him about Miami being the setting for the follow-up. “It’s been talked about, but that’s not yet definite.
“Filming here in Las Vegas was the best experience of my career. Everybody was so accommodating. Everybody from casinos to residents was so helpful with The Hangover shooting. We never felt we got in anybody’s way. I would love to film in Las Vegas again, but the sequel has to be somewhere else. We may have a couple of flashback scenes set from Vegas.”
One of his stars, Zach Galifianakis, won last night as Comedy Star of the Year -- his first award ever, he revealed. He confirmed that he’s in talks with Todd for the sequel and wants to shoot it. He joked about his time on the Strip filming: “Six weeks of filming in Las Vegas brings back beautiful nightmares. There are only so many hookers you can get into Caesars Palace!”
While the guys brought us the news, it was the glittering and gorgeous girls who dazzled at ShoWest. Our contributing photographers Erik Kabik and Scott Harrison compiled our fabulous photo galleries from the four days of star-studded events, and videographer Richard Corey recorded celebrity arrivals. (And congrats to Richard for logging nearly 300,000 views for his YouTube videos since he started posting them last summer!)
Even though Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall was on a London stage performing in Private Lives, her Manhattan TV BFFs Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis made up for her absence when they were presented with the ShoWest Ensemble Award.
Actress Katherine Heigl of Grey’s Anatomy and now big-screen fame, won the award for Female Star of the Year and sent everybody into frozen suspension when she narrowly avoided a wardrobe malfunction...
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