Sandler, Apatow, Rogen to Make "Hilarious" Drama About Comedy

Former roommates Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler teamed up for You Don't Mess With the Zohan, which will probably do Sandler-like business when it hit theaters next week. But they won't wait long to work together again. Sandler tells MTV that they'll be making a movie about life on the stand-up comedy circuit, which co-star Seth Rogen told a crowd at a Q & A is "hilarious by default." Sandler seems to have some misgivings about the concept. "I've got to write an act again. It's been a long time. I haven't done stand-up in, like, 10 years. Even more," admitted Adam. "That's why I want to kill Judd Apatow right now. I was so much happier doing nothing!" Sandler confirms that he'll probably try his act out in the comedy clubs of Los Angeles later this summer, trying to sharpen his skills. "You will see me bomb for 15 minutes and walk off [the stage] and punch Judd," Sandler said. Just because it's about comedy doesn't mean this is just a comedy, though. "It's a comedy, but it has more drama in it. A hilarious drama is what I'm going for," explains Apatow. "Every movie, I'm trying to find a way to go deeper, to tell stories about subjects that are important and make them less and less broad while making them equally as funny. [This film is] another step in that progression. While saying he and his friends were "baffled" by how funny Apatow's script is, Sandler also believes a lot of it is "pretty heartbreaking." MTV has more on the story, and the untitled film is scheduled to be released on July 31, 2009.