--- description: The duo's latest collaboration is not a 'Pineapple Express' sequel, even if it might look a little like one title: James Franco and Seth Rogen Drop Trailer for 'The Interview' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0004aeefc5e1c470/698697483617601b0590c949/seth-rogen-james-franco-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # James Franco and Seth Rogen Are In a Movie That Totally Isn't a _Pineapple Express_ Sequel by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2014 4:29 PM CUT  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Pictured: (l-r) Seth Rogen, James Franco -- (Photo by: Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Pictured: (l-r) Seth Rogen, James Franco -- (Photo by: Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)NBC—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2014 4:29 PM CUT James Franco and Seth Rogen are, by all traditional metrics, an unlikely pairing. Then again, so are nearly all of the legendary buddy comedy couplings — Hope and Crosby, Lemmon and Matthau, Belushi and Aykroyd, Tucker and Chan. Now there’s a trailer for their follow-up to 2008 cult hit _Pineapple Express_. This time, Franco and Rogen aren’t stoners on the run from corrupt cops and angry drug dealers, they’re TV news reporters heading to North Korea and tasked with assassinating Kim Jong-un. Though the premises of Pineapple and Interview are wildly different, the new trailer give the impression that they could follow a similar arc — buddy comedy-turned-action film by the end (this time with tanks!). Rogen and writing partner Evan Goldberg both wrote both films, so there’s a good bet if you liked _Pineapple Express_ (not to mentioned last year’s excellent _This Is the End_), you’ll probably enjoy this offering as well. It’s set to hit theaters Oct. 10. Also, even though this totally isn’t a sequel to _Pineapple Express_, let’s hope they answer Chet Haze’s [pressing question](https://twitter.com/CHETHAZE/status/474348092607983618 "undefined") about the etymology of the word “pineapple.” Don’t tell me you’re not curious too. > [](https://twitter.com/CHETHAZE/status/474348092607983618) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2864341/james-franco-and-seth-rogen-are-in-a-movie-that-totally-isnt-a-pineapple-express-sequel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2864341/james-franco-and-seth-rogen-are-in-a-movie-that-totally-isnt-a-pineapple-express-sequel/"},"headline":"James Franco and Seth Rogen Are In a Movie That Totally Isn't a Pineapple Express Sequel","datePublished":"2014-06-12T16:29:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:22:52.929Z","description":"The trailer for The Interview has arrived","url":"https://time.com/2864341/james-franco-and-seth-rogen-are-in-a-movie-that-totally-isnt-a-pineapple-express-sequel/","keywords":["movies","Trailer","Trailers","james franco","Seth Rogen","sequel","the interview"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0004aeefc5e1c470/698697483617601b0590c949/seth-rogen-james-franco-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0004aeefc5e1c470/698697483617601b0590c949/seth-rogen-james-franco-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"James Franco and Seth Rogen onstage at Saturday Night Live","caption":"James Franco and Seth Rogen onstage at Saturday Night Live","creditText":"NBC—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2864341/james-franco-and-seth-rogen-are-in-a-movie-that-totally-isnt-a-pineapple-express-sequel/","name":"James Franco and Seth Rogen Are In a Movie That Totally Isn't a Pineapple Express Sequel"}}]}] ```