The Hangover (film series) after hearing how a friend of executive producer Chris Bender went missing following his bachelor party in Las Vegas. After Lucas and Moore sold it to Warner Bros. for $2 million, director Todd Phillips and Jeremy Garelick rewrote the script to include a tiger as well as a subplot involving a baby and a police cruiser, and also including boxer Mike Tyson. Filming took place in Nevada for 15 days. In "The Hangover Part II", Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug travel to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the previous film's bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu takes no chances and
The Hangover Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority received numerous inquiries from persons interested in recreating some of the film's most wild scenes, such as those involving a tiger. The Las Vegas branch of Madame Tussauds added "Hangover"-themed rooms recreating the hotel room and the wedding chapel and a tie-in rooftop cocktail bar. In 2018 Hasbro issued a parody version of their board game "Clue" where players have to locate a missing friend somewhere in the city after a wild night of carousing. Principal photography of "The Hangover Part II" began in October 2010, with Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha, and Zach