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07Aug2008

'Pineapple Express,' 'Superbad' Combining to Form One 'SuperExpress'?

DateThursday, August 7, 2008 at 6:47PM
For all the talk of Avengers movies and Justice League movies, here's a crossover flick I think a lot of people would really dig.

James Franco recently told MTV that there's a possibility of a Superbad/Pineapple Express combo meal.

“Even before Superbad came out, I think the studio was trying to get [Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg] to write a sequel, but they really didn’t want to write a sequel. I guess the kids would go to college or something like that [that was the studio's idea],” revealed Franco, who absolutely walks away with all the chips in Pineapple Express.

“And so, an answer to that was to do a Superbad/Pineapple Express crossover, an unprecedented crossover movie with two directors, Greg Motolla and David Gordon Green, each directing half of the movie and somehow these characters get together, which doesn’t make sense at all, but could work.”

The key to all of that is the last bit: It doesn't make sense but it absolutely could work. Franco says one way to set it up is to have his PE character, Saul, sell Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, and/or McLovin some weed, and from there the kids get in trouble, forcing Saul and Dale (Rogen) to help them out. If I may embellish here, I think it would only work with McLovin, number one. I'm not saying you can't have Cera and Hill in the movie, but in terms of keeping all of this stuff under control, it would work better with one character rather than three. And McLovin is clearly the way to go in that exercise.

Secondly, Saul needs Dale to help because Saul doesn't have a car and helping a kid in danger while relying on public transportation takes a little too long.

Those are my thoughts.

What about Rogen, who not only wrote both films but appears in each one as a different chacters? "(S)omehow we'd have to kill one of them off," says Franco.

And it's just that easy.

Would a movie like this make money? Well, gee, Superbad made over $120 million last year and Pineapple Express rolled out with $12 million yesterday, so yeah, I think it would do just fine.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment5 Comments |

Reader Comments (5)

I love how that whole article was just foreplay leading to the real sex: box office numbers for Pineapple Express!

Thursday, August 7, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLost Wilson

In Pineapple Express when they were trying to sell weed to bus tickets they should've sold it to Evan, Seth and Fogel instead of those other kids. That would've been the best cameo scene ever.

Friday, August 8, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterGarrett

That's a great point. Would've worked beautifully.

Friday, August 8, 2008 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

Yahooooo

Friday, September 19, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMaverickKK

Yahooooo

Saturday, September 20, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMaverickKK

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