The Hangover Part II structure. There needs to be a ticking clock, there needs to be a missed night and there needs to be someone who's gone and a woman who is waiting to get married and a guy who needs to get married." In June 2010, before accepting the Guy Movie of the Year award on the Spike Guys Choice Awards, Phillips announced that there would be a "Hangover 2" and that they were hoping to begin filming around October 15, 2010, for a July 4, 2011 weekend release. In July 2010, it was confirmed that film would indeed be set in Thailand
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