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 Part II Helms clarified that Clinton merely visited the set and would be surprised if he appeared in the film. In December 2010, it was reported that Bryan Callen, who played the owner of the wedding chapel in "The Hangover", is working again in "The Hangover Part II", as "a smarmy strip club owner in Bangkok". Also in December, Australian stuntman Scott McLean was seriously injured in a traffic accident while filming a stunt sequence near Bangkok. Warner Bros. issued a statement stating McLean was put into a medically-induced coma but is expected to recover. Bradley Cooper said that "logistically, to get