Harold and Edwin

Harold and Edwin is a short film directed by Nicholas Merchant. It is the sequel to Harold the Rescuer. All of HTR's principle cast will return. As of 2015, the project has been shelved.

Plot Synopsis
Lenny Brent escapes from prison and creates a mysterious weapon. Harold and Edwin must follow the tracks to find Lenny.

Cast
Alec Wyers as Edwin Koffman

Anthony Devera as Harold Douglas

Katya Edwards as Christina Applebaum

Morgan Hickman as Lenny Brent

Nicholas Merchant as Dr. Dangerous and the President

TBA as DeAngelo Marcotini

TBA as DeAngelo Marcotini's assistant

Additionally, there will be some criminals in an opening action scene.

Production
During production of Harold The Rescuer, two sequels were commisioned. The first would be titled Harold the Observer and the second Harold the Fugitive. Harold the Fugitive would be darker and would involve a mind swapper.

Unfortunately, a little before the premiere of "Rescuer", Morgan Hickman, who received acclaim for his performance as the main villain, Lenny Brent, announced he was moving away from the shooting location of Harold Douglas, and wouldn't be able to shoot during the planned production, which is to be Winter of 2014-2015. As it was planned for Hickman to return in the sequel, it put the sequel's future in jeopardy. Merchant decided to shoot Hickman's scenes imediately after Harold The Rescuer production.

Morgan's scenes were shot 7 days after the release of Harold The Rescuer. His lines were written on set, using a early outline. This outline was written with Harold The Fugitive in mind, mainly setting it up. His scenes were shot in near isolation, acting only with Merchant's character Dr. Dangerous, with footage of Katya Edwards, playing Christina Applebaum (who's role will be greatly expanded) being spliced in. Hickman also filmed a short scene with Anthony Devera, who plays Harold.

Shooting without a script and with such an early outline caused problems. Since Hickman's scenes were shot, a third Harold Douglas film, Harold The Fugitive, was canceled in July 2014 when N25 changed its focus to original content, which meant the ending of H&E would have to be rewritten, though that wasn't possible, because they were already shot. In the rewrites, Merchant added additional scenes with the mind swapper that used concepts that were originally going to appear in Harold The Fugitive.

In 2015, Merchant reported that the film would be shelved due to schedule conflicts.

Sequels
Though the sequel Harold The Fugitive was canceled, Director Nicholas Merchant has said that it could possibly return, with major rewrites to lighten its tone.