"We talk about it all the time," director David Gordon Green told MTV about the possibility of a "Pineapple Express 2." "The most interesting spin is to go in the 'Scarface' direction. I want to see them in the Miami coke scene. It could get a little gruesome."The idea appears to be no deeper than the pitch stage though. "We keep talking to the studio. They're going to organize a dinner someday," Green said. "This dinner has been talked about for about two years now, where we're going to get together and throw all the millions of ideas we have into a pot and see if there's any reason to make that movie."
It's nice to think of a "Pineapple Express" sequel, the original was kind of unremarkable, but a whole lot fun and all the cast and filmmakers have repeatedly said they'd love to make a follow-up film (including producer Judd Apatow, actors Seth Rogen, James Franco). Even co-writer Evan Goldberg told us this summer that its the one sequel everyone agrees they'd like to make (unlike say, "Superbad 2" which they have no interest in repeating).
However, with all these guys' schedules, we don't see it. Surely they all want to try different things and by the time they need this sequel (i.e. Don't have the Tinseltown juice they once had), it'll have been 10 years and will people care? Then again never underestimate nostalgia. We have no problem with a "Pineapple Express 2," but frankly we'd like David Gordon Green to make about five films first (including his gestating "Suspiria" remake) so we won't lament too much if it doesn't happen anytime soon or at all.
Meanwhile, the "Pineapple Express" writers Rogen and Goldberg have a new "secret" project lined-up called "Sausage Party." All we know so far is that it's a "CG film and involves Seth [Rogen] and Jonah [Hill] who star, and Conrad Vernon (voice actor, "Monsters Vs. Aliens," "Shrek Forever After") and Mark Osborne (director "Kung Fu Panda") are involved," Goldberg told us. Hopefully more details emerge soon.
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