When Seth Rogen was first offered McG’s “This Means War” opposite Chris Pine or Sam Worthington (take your pick, no one seems to want this thing) as two spies in love with the same girl (Reese Witherspoon), we said, “frankly, we don’t see Seth Rogen taking this one on, he was the one who convinced Jonah Hill to not take the blogger role in Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Revenge Of the Fallen,” and this does not seem like his cup of tea.”
Turns out we were right. Today we spoke to Evan Goldberg (writer of “The Green Hornet” and “Pineapple Express”), and when we asked him about Rogen’s involvement in the picture he said, “My answer is simply, Whaaaaat?,” which made us assume Rogen was out, especially considering there’s been no news on that front for weeks now.
We got our confirmation only a few short hours later when one of our reporters in the field specifically asked Rogen during “The Green Hornet” press conference if he was participating in the film. His answer: a flat “no,” along with his trademark chuckle. We assumed as much. Instead, Rogen will spend his summer shooting Sarah Polley’s “Take This Waltz,” co-starring Michelle Williams and Sarah Silverman, which is a much, much wiser move. All’s well that ends well. McG’s people have probably been looking for a replacement for a few weeks now. Justin Timberlake’s name was in the mix for a while too, but who knows where that is now. And though Vulture reported exclusively that an offer was going out to Worthington, face it, an offer goes out to Worthington for practically everything these days (along with Bradley Cooper; see earlier today) — reporting by Melissa Molina & Drew Morton