John Goodman will play a bad guy in The Hangover 3

The Hangover 3 is set to add a new cast member to its wolf pack, with Variety reporting that John Goodman is set to appear in a villainous role.

Goodman is currently in talks to play a minor part as a bad guy, with the report describing him as “an antagonist in the vein of the character Paul Giamatti played in Hangover 2 ”.

Meanwhile, director Todd Phillips is apparently keen to bring a couple more big names into the fray, with Robert Downey Jr. and Sean Penn on his hit list as potential cameo merchants.

If they can be persuaded to sign on the dotted line, the duo would join returning cast-members Heather Graham, Sasha Barrese, Mike Epps and Ken Jeong, all of whom are set to reprise earlier roles alongside the four primary characters.

Filming on the sequel is set to begin this September, with the film currently slated to open in the UK on 24 May 2013. And then presumably we can start talking about Part Four…

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