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Seth Rogen Says ‘Apocalypse’ Comedy is Definitely Horror
Seth Rogen was at the Toronto International Film Festival to promote his latest comedy, 50/50. In a roundtable he addressed his upcoming project, originally titled Jay and Seth Vs. The Apocalypse. A feature length version of the internet trailer, the comedy would have Rogen and Jay Baruchel playing themselves as the world comes to an end. Rogen confirmed they won’t ignore the horror of the end of days, as they make fun of it.
“We want to make a horror comedy,” Rogen said. “Some of our favorite movies are like ‘Army of Darkness’ and ‘Evil Dead’, sh*t like that.”
Even straight horror provides an inspiration for their film. “Movies like ‘The Mist’, we love the idea of these movies where people are boarded up in a house together and whatever’s out there is scary but being stuck with each other is far more miserable probably.”
It’s always fascinating to see what supplies are available in a limited space, for the heroes to defend against the outside horrors. Rogen has a humorous take on that trope too. “Exactly, which can be very difficult because a lot of actors don’t keep their fridges very well stocked.”
The specific horrors of ‘Apocalypse’ will come straight from the bible. “Yeah, I mean, it’s mostly based on the ‘Book of Revelations’. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s what we say as far as the apocalypse goes.”
The group of survivors is growing from the original concept too. “It’s not just me and Jay now. We’ve recruited more of our random crew of gentleman so it might be Seth, Jay, Danny, Craig, James and Jonah Vs. The Apocalypse.”
‘Jay and Seth Vs. The Apocalypse’ begins shooting in February.
The filmmakers behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey are expanding their public domain horror universe with a handful of upcoming “Poohniverse” movies, including Bambi: The Reckoning, Pinocchio: Unstrung, and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.
Variety has scored the first image from Neverland Nightmare, seen above.
The website details, “Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare follows Wendy Darling as she strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from ‘the clutches of the evil Peter Pan.’ Along the way she meets Tinkerbell, who in this twisted version of the story will be seen taking heroine, convinced that it’s pixie dust.”
Scott Jeffrey will direct Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, expected Halloween 2024.
Jeffrey tells us, “I am taking inspiration from French cinema while in prep for this movie. The film will be incredibly tense. I would say it’s a mesh between Switchblade Romance and The Black Phone with our own spin on it. It is a nasty, violent and incredibly dark movie.”
Megan Placito has joined the cast as Wendy Darling, Kit Green is Tinkerbell, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney (The Pope’s Exorcist) is Michael Darling and Charity Kase (RuPaul Drag Race) is James. Martin Portlock will be playing the twisted version of Peter Pan.
Created by J.M. Barrie way back in 1902, the character of Peter Pan – like Winnie the Pooh – is in the public domain, even if the iconic Disney iteration of the character is very much not.
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