Seth Rogen Looking to Direct 'Jay and Seth'

I think I'm really starting to get annoyed with Seth Rogen. At first, I didn't mind him, thought he brought something a little unique. Then, again in my estimation only, it seemed that he might have been reading the clippings. He wanted to do an action hero sort of thing and copped to taking some very strange steps in the writing process of The Green Hornet, which might be a doomed movie, and all the while he hasn't improved as an actor to any real degree, and he wrote one-and-a-half pretty funny scripts. Pineapple Express I'm maybe 60% behind, Superbad's very good, and...Drillbit Taylor. Anyway, Rogen tells MTV that he and collaborator Evan Goldberg might direct their next comedy, Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, based on a trailer they created with Jay Baruchel. The concept is clever: After the world ends the only two surivors are Jay and Seth...but they really don't like each other all that much. Simple, but plenty of room there for stuff to happen. The thing is, I don't want Seth Rogen directing, not even co-directing. I want him to play supporting roles, not romantic leads and certainly not action heroes. Maybe it's all me, and I admit it could be, but I bristled when I read the news, as you can probably tell. "It takes years to write a goods movie, that's what we've learned," Rogen said of building the post-apocalyptic comedy. "We're finally going to script form. Once you're there, you're kind of on the home stretch. It means you have the key ideas to build the movie," he added. "I think me and Evan might direct it, which might be a big step for us," Rogen offered. The question is, does he get that chance? He should make the deal before Green Hornet opens this summer...I mean this December...I mean later this December...no, it's January now. If it's a huge bomb, he may not be in position to get what he wants, which is how Green Hornet happened in the first place.

Comments

[Will]

At first I thought that he was going to be the new Silent Bob, but then I read the article and realized that Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith are not involved in this project at all...

[Roz Doyle]

most if not all of these new/funny/realisticish actors are or are becoming annoying imo. Even the dude from Clueless who was much more appreciated as a surprising treat before he was in so many movies.

[MRPigg]

I saw the first trailer for The Green Hornet this weekend and it looks even worse than I could have imagined. It went from potential summer tentpole to January. When was the last time you ever got excited about a movie released (nationally) in January?

[BeeZee]

Not that I'm defending January releases because the majority are horrible, but the only one I can recall being any good in the recent past is Cloverfield.

[Get The Big Picture]

Yep, that's the one, but Cloverfield was planned to take advantage of weak competition...not be weak competition.

[Huhh?]

Exactly what's you're problem with Donald Faison, Roz? Just because he was in Scrubs? It's not like he was as irritating as Zac Braff (aka John Ritter 2.0)...