After engaged on Freaks and Geeks, Rogen and Franco reunited within the 2008 comedy movie Pineapple Categorical.
In an interview, Franco revealed he and the Canadian actor “bought alongside very effectively” on Freaks and Geeks as a result of “it was kind of the primary undertaking of any high quality that both of [them] had achieved.”
He added, “We have been each actually younger. However afterwards, I did not see him that a lot for some time. He is 4 years youthful than I’m, so we have been at totally different locations in our lives or one thing. I used to be, nonetheless, nonetheless speaking to Judd [Apatow] each every now and then, and I then ran into Seth once more. Knocked Up wasn’t even shot but, however Judd stated: ‘I am going to do that film with Seth and then you definately and him ought to do a film collectively.'”
Following that dialog, Franco thought a undertaking with Rogen “can be nice” since he had “such a very good time with him” on Freaks and Geeks.
“Anytime we have work collectively, it has been a very cool time. Principally, he is the identical man – he was a fantastic man then and he is a fantastic man now,” he continued.
They went on to collaborate on 2013’s This Is the Finish, 2014’s The Interview, 2016’s Sausage Celebration, and 2017’s The Catastrophe Artist.
In 2020, Rogen confirmed to Howard Stern they “tried” to make a Pineapple Categorical sequel, although he didn’t point out Franco on the time.
“Because of the Sony hack, you’ll be able to like truly discover the e-mail when Sony killed the film,” he revealed. “It was one thing we have been very open to a number of years in the past, however Sony was not that taken with it.”
When requested why the studio refused to signal on, Rogen shared, “I feel we in all probability needed an excessive amount of cash. Studios, they do not like gifting away cash. Bizarre factor.”