Anyone remember, “Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse,” the very random YouTube short floating around last year starring “Knocked Up” cast-mates/Judd Apatow mainstays, Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel as themselves if they were degenerate roommates living in squalor during the apocalypse?
Well, the short, based on a script by Rogen and his writing partner/bff Evan Goldberg is becoming a full blown feature for Mandate Pictures according to Variety. (the duo wrote “Superbad,” “Pineapple Express” and are even going to pen an episode of “The Simpsons“)
Apparently when the trailer hit last summer, many production companies started vying for the project which is being called an action comedy (and now that these guys have cache, they can probably get whatever the fuck they want green-lit). Oh and looks like someone was listening to us when we said, put Baruchel in a lead role already. Surprisingly though, Judd Apatow is not involved in this one (he can’t produce everything). Shooting is sched’d to start in 2009. Update: The Hollywood Reporter updated their story last night: Rogen and Evans have final cut too, btw. The plan is to hire a director this summer and shoot around Rogen’s increasingly busy schedule which includes the Green Hornet and the untitled relationship comedy for Judd Apatow (not to mention he just finished a movie for Kevin Smith and is currently shooting one for ‘Foot Fist Way’ director Jody Hill).
Oh and apropos of Apatow world, We almost forgot to mention! Martin Starr of “Freak & Geeks”/Judd Apatow co. has a tiny, tiny cameo in “The Incredible Hulk.” Weird, right?
Watch: “Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse” trailer
These guys are always 2 steps behind the team of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. First Rogen talks about how he wishes he would have done the RomZombCom, then he makes Pineapple Express a year after Hot Fuzz, and now Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse which will most likely come out after “The World’s End.” I know you hate Edgar Wright, but you have to notice a trend.
Not a bad theory.