Kaos's Worst Nightmare to Begin Filming Here in NOLA

[AUChizad]

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/03/seth_rogen_to_direct_the_apoca.html

Seth Rogen to direct 'The Apocalypse' in New Orleans with top-shelf comedy cast
Published: Monday, March 05, 2012, 10:00 AM
By Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune

"The Apocalypse" is coming to New Orleans, and it looks like we're all going to die laughing. Funnyman Seth Rogen will make his directoral debut on the end-of-the-world comedy, which goes into production in town next month with a killer cast of cutups including Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson and James Franco.


Clockwise from top left, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill and Danny McBride. The comedy foursome is scheduled to shoot the film 'The Apocalypse' in New Orleans for Sony Pictures starting in April. It will mark Rogen's directoral debut.

"The Apocalypse" -- based on a 2007 short film written and starring Rogen and Baruchel titled "Seth and Jay Versus the Apocalypse" (watch it below) -- will tell the story of a group of friends who barricade themselves in a house to ride out the arrival of an apocalyptic event. In the process they learn that they really can't stand each other.

Rogen and company will star as versions of themselves in the film, and the house they will be holed up in will be a fictional take on Franco's mansion, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Rogen will co-direct with longtime writing and production partner Evan Goldberg, his collaborator on such films as "Superbad," "Pineapple Express" and "The Green Hornet."

"The Apocalypse" is expected to begin its three-month New Orleans shoot in April, under the Mandate Pictures banner and with backing from Sony Pictures.

Sony representatives didn't respond to a request for comment on the project, but Hill brought it up Friday (March 2) during a phone interview from Miami to promote another New Orleans-shot project, the action-comedy "21 Jump Street."

"I'm so excited to get back there. This conversation (about New Orleans) has me so jazzed," said Hill, who hadn't visit the city before shooting "21 Jump Street" here last year but who said he has fallen in love with the place.

Also jazzing him: the chance to work with McBride, who can count Hill as both a friend and a fan. "We never worked together before and we're friends, and he's a guy who makes me laugh really hard," Hill said. "I think 'Eastbound & Down' is the funniest show on TV."

"The Apocalypse" will operate with a budget between $30 million and $40 million, according to THR.

[GH2001]

I know assholes are like opinions, but that article is playing it mighty fast and loose with the phrase "top-shelf comedy cast".

[JR4AU]

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/03/seth_rogen_to_direct_the_apoca.html


with top-shelf comedy cast

If that's today's "top shelf comedy cast", then comedy is effectively dead. 

[JR4AU]

I know assholes are like opinions, but that article is playing it mighty fast and loose with the phrase "top-shelf comedy cast".

This guy knows.

[djsimp]

Can't wait to see K's reviews on this one.

[GH2001]

Can't wait to see K's reviews on this one.

He'll probably refuse to watch it since its a Rogen project (and I can't blame him), unless he's board one night at 3 am and it's on Netflix.

[Kaos]

He'll probably refuse to watch it since its a Rogen project (and I can't blame him), unless he's board one night at 3 am and it's on Netflix.

Or bored as it were.

I was afraid this was going to be an Attack of the Killer Tomatoes remake.  That is my worst nightmare.  Deadly tomatoes?  Ugh. 

There's one bright side.  All of those dud doofuses in one place?  Maybe a true apocalyptic event will strike during their stay. 

[JR4AU]

Or bored as it were.

I was afraid this was going to be an Attack of the Killer Tomatoes remake.  That is my worst nightmare.  Deadly tomatoes?  Ugh. 

There's one bright side.  All of those dud doofuses in one place?  Maybe a true apocalyptic event will strike during their stay.

Spelling Nazi!

[Kaos]

Who needs a lesson?

[GH2001]

Or bored as it were.

I was afraid this was going to be an Attack of the Killer Tomatoes remake.  That is my worst nightmare.  Deadly tomatoes?  Ugh. 

There's one bright side.  All of those dud doofuses in one place?  Maybe a true apocalyptic event will strike during their stay.

Maybe I meant that you were being as stubborn as a 2x4. Nah, I just fucked up a word. Rare miss.

And yes, I agree on your 2nd point. A meteor perhaps?

[AUChizad]

Hey, fuck you guys.

Also, I love this cast.

And the Killer Tomatoes movies from the 80's. You know, George Clooney was the best friend/co-star in Return of the Killer Tomatoes. Best performance of his career, if you ask me.