Lil Yachty was the first surprise, but he’s not the only newcomer to co-star in the upcoming Meth and Red smoke-out sequel How High 2.
Outside of being the most sought after from the Real Housewives of Atlanta and scoring a role on Uncle Drew, NeNe Leakes has a new project she’s working on. The reality star has seemingly inked a role on MTV’s How High sequel because she posted pictures from the set with comedian DeRay Davis, rapper Lil Yachty and comedian DC Young Fly.
Looks like production on a sequel for Redman and Method Man’s 2001 cult classic stoner flick How Highis finally underway and it’s going to star, Lil Yachty?! Wait—he doesn’t even smoke weed!
Regardless to his lack of partaking in the love of Mary Jane the “One Night” rapper took to Twitter to announce to all his fans, “haters,” and “smokers” that he’d be making his film debut in the long-anticipated sequel and that production on the film had already begun in Atlanta.
We’re not trying to hate but sequels that don’t star any of the franchise’s originators don’t tend to fair well, especially when it’s a stoner flick starring a straight edged teenager. We mean if you don’t smoke weed and are keeping it healthy then more power to you, but at the same time hiring a “Say No To Drugs” enthusiast to star in a movie about indulging in the ganja doesn’t make much sense.
We’ll just have to wait and see how this MTV film turns out.
Let us know what you think about Lil Yachty being tapped to star in the stoner flick below and what kind of expectations you have for the sequel.
Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty is going to flex his Hollywood chops in a certified stoner classic franchise. The hip-hop artist is set to star in the upcoming How High 2 movie.
According to an MTV press release, the long-awaited sequel to 2001’s How High has officially started production.
How High 2, the highly-anticipated sequel to the iconic and outrageous stoner comedy starring Method Man and Redman, began shooting today in Atlanta, with Grammy®-nominated artist Lil Yachty in the lead role. The follow up to the 2001 cult classic is produced by MTV and Universal 1440 Entertainment, the production arm of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. How High 2 will premiere on MTV in 2019. How High 2 chronicles two young “potrepreneurs” on a magical hash-fueled journey to fund their on-demand munchies delivery start-up. Lil Yachty plays “Roger, an entrepreneur and the younger brother of one of the protagonists from the original film.
Back in 2009, comedian Mike Epps talked to SOHH about his disinterest in resurrecting his “Baby Powder” character in a potential How High sequel.
“Yeah, I mean, you know, you know, I’m really, really really trying, no offense to anybody, Redman, Method Man or the project, I’m really trying to move on,” Epps explained. “I’m really trying to get some opportunities where I can really show my acting chops and get some respect. I’m approaching a certain age in my life, you know, some of those roles are kinda like, they’re old for me man. You know what I mean? Those roles are for younger guys that are entering the business now.” (SOHH)
“Yo, Red and Mef, we coming too,” Reggie Noble promised in an interview. “Thanks everybody for buying the Blackout 2! album and everyone who’s wondering about the How High movie, listen, we’re trying to get a deal for it. Universal is not allowing us to use the name or the characters because of paperwork, right, so y’all know the deal, we gonna work around that. But the most important part, the video will still be marijuana-related, and that is the very important part.” (The Life Files)
“As far as Universal, bad move,” Red to SOHH. “Everybody that we promoted the [movie] to, all our fans, we thank you for listening and rooting for us and wondering when the new movie coming out but it’s not our fault. It’s a business move. Universal are not pushing. They’re not opening that money door for us to shoot it. We promoted the sh*t out of that movie. We got the whole world waiting for a How High 2. [They’d] be stupid not to just throw money and say let’s just do it because it’s already promoted. That’s the real deal. It’s business, paperwork, not us.” (SOHH)
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