Seth Rogenmay be known to most folks as a lovable funnyman, but his upcoming role as Steve Wozniak inDanny Boyle’sSteve Jobsmight just introduce another side of him to audiences. It was during press rounds for the biopic about the Apple co-founder in London that our own Steve got a chance to talk to Rogen about some of his upcoming projects.
First up, Rogen talked about the sequel to the Universal comedy hitNeighbors, which he produced and starred in, giving an update on the film’s progress and current working titleNeighbors 2: Sorority Rising. He also commented onConsole Wars, a project he wrote and will direct along withEvan Goldberg, about the rivalry between SEGA and Nintendo. Finally, he talks about the progress of the TV adaptation of thePreachercomic at AMC, and what it’s been like collaborating with the network. Take a look and listen at Steve’s interview with Rogen below:
Here’s a breakdown of what Rogen had to say:
Three-part question: How isNeighbors 2going? Is it called ‘Sorority Rising’? How isConsole WarsandPreacher?
Seth Rogen:Neighbors 2is going great! Right now we’re calling itSorority Risinguntil the studio tells us not to. I think that’s a good … whatever you call the thing that goes after the colon. And that’s what it’s about.
We reported back in July that, in addition toChloe Grace Moretzjoining the cast,it’s the girls' time to shine in the new movie. Though Rogen didn’t do much more than confirm that this is still what the movie’s about, along with the current title, it’s likely that we’ll see the beef between the neighbors squashed in order to team up against the rising threat of the Sorority.
Onto a very different project:
Console Warsis going well. We’re finishing the documentary element of it and we’re waiting until that’s done to see what our next play is exactly, because that’s kind of telling us what the story may or may not be.
I’m curious to see how Rogen and Goldberg adapt theBlake J. Harrisbook of the same title.Matt got a chance to talk to Harris about the book last year, a book which has a foreword from Rogen and Goldberg. The “documentary element” he mentions is certainly interesting, but we haven’t heard much more on the project, which is expected to be released some time next year.
Finally, on perhaps the most anticipated of Rogen’s projects:
AndPreacher, I think, are in like the third week of the writers' room in L.A. We should start filming the series in January or February.
How has it been collaborating with the network on that?
Rogen: It’s been amazing, honestly. AMC’s been very open and not restrictive of the things we wanted to do, and we pushed it pretty hard as we generally do. There’s definitely been some conversations here and there, but ultimately they’ve let us do exactly what we wanted, which has been incredible. Literally you can’t say the F word, but other than that, we’ve pretty much been given complete free range.
This is great news for fans ofPreacher. AMC has done quite well for themselves in adaptingThe Walking Dead, making both a critical and ratings juggernaut while also staying mostly true toRobert Kirkman’sstories. Here’s hoping that lightning strikes twice as far as the network andPreacherare concerned.
