Seth Rogen Expands His Hollywood Hills Hideaway

Based on an utterly ridiculous premise—a man who is preserved in pickle juice for 100 years and comes out of his hibernation unscathed in modern-day Brooklyn—it’s kind of unbelievable that Seth Rogen’s “An American Pickle” is a film at all, and a movie that someone actually greenlit.

It’s unclear what the long term effects will be seen from the current COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the film industry. We’ve seen studios basically write off 2020 and focus on making sure productions can begin again (safely) and that 2021 doesn’t turn into a bust.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“An American Pickle” is a comedy that connects you to something so old world that it seems, at times, to be an artifact of prehistory.

Seth Rogen was denied the opportunity to make a sequel to cult stoner comedy Pineapple Express because studio officials were “not that interested” in the idea.The movie, directed by David Gordon Green, was a box office hit upon its 2008 release, grossing $102 million worldwide from a $26 million budget, and earned Rogen’s co-star, James Franco, a Golden Globe nomination.The longtime pals were eager to capitalize on the project’s success, but executives at Sony Pictures shut down the idea of a

Pineapple Express didn’t come to fruition.The 2008 action-comedy, which stars Rogen, James Franco, and Danny McBride, follows a process server and his marijuana dealer who wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after witnessing a murder.Back in 2011, screenwriter Evan Goldberg hinted that a follow-up featuring a Superbad crossover could be on the cards.“We toyed with that idea right after Pineapple came out,” he explained.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe 2008 comedy Pineapple Express was a hit with audiences and a box office success, earning over $100 million worldwide so it had all the ingredients for a sequel and it was about to all happen — until it didn’t.

Seth Rogen is a big fan of Bravo’s Below Deck — but not enough to board one of the boats.“I love Below Deck, are you kidding me?” the Superbad actor, 38, revealed on Thursday, July 30, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “They’re always trying to get me to go on it, which I say no to all the time.

Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino will direct an untitled Scotty Bowers project written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.The feature is based on the 2017 documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, a look into the late Hollywood legend Bowers, whose memoir documented his times spent as a sexual procurer to the stars over a number of decades.Bowers, a World War II veteran, fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima, and later became a well-known bisexual male hustler and all-purpose

Seth Rogen has revealed why the sequel to “Pineapple Express” never got made, despite the first film making over $115 million.

Seth Rogen said young Jewish people are “fed a bunch of lies about Israel,” drawing from personal experience during a recent interview. “[As] a Jewish person I was fed a huge amount of lies about Israel my entire life,” Rogen told comedian and actor Marc Maron in an episode of Maron’s WTF podcast.

The director behind the Oscar-winning drama Call Me By Your Name and the comedy duo behind Pineapple Express are teaming for an Old Hollywood biopic. Luca Guadagnino will helm from a script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg a movie about Scotty Bowers, the supposed "male madame" to stars like Rock Hudson, Katherine Hepburn and Bette Davis.

In a surprising announcement – from an otherwise quiet company as of recent – Searchlight has slated “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino to direct the dramatic adaptation of the Matt Tyrnauer-directed documentary “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood.” Searchlight also set Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan to adapt and write the screenplay.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Call Me by Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino will direct Searchlight’s untitled Scotty Bowers project with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg writing the script.Matt Tyrnauer and Corey Reeser are producing through Altimeter Films, with Rogen and Goldberg producing through their Point Grey Pictures.The project is based on the 2017 documentary “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” by Tyrnauer, a portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Bowers, whose memoir chronicled his

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Searchlight, which last year acquired rights to make a narrative film from the Matt Tyrnauer-directed documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, has set Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to write the script and Luca Guadagnino to direct the film.Tyrnauer and his Altimeter Films partner Corey Reeser will be joined as producers by Point Grey Pictures.The film focuses on Scotty Bowers, a World War II Marine combat veteran who fought at the

Seth Rogen doesn’t mince words when talking about controversial subjects.

Mark David Top-earning DJ and record producer Calvin Harris is looking to spin out of a large home in a discreet and quiet area of L.A.’s Hollywood Hills, hanging a nearly $5.5 million price tag on the snazzily done-up residence he bought about 2.5 years ago from fellow DJ and record producer Steve Angello for a mite more than $5 million.The multiple Grammy nominee first and unsuccessfully attempted to sell the glamorously appointed manse last year through Hilton & Hyland with an asking price