--- ---  # James Franco and Seth Rogen Are Taking on _The Room_ by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Oct 29, 2015 8:12 PM UTC  James Franco and Seth Rogen in The Interview James Franco and Seth Rogen in The InterviewColumbia by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Oct 29, 2015 8:12 PM UTC The greatest bad movie ever made might be getting reworked with the team that brought you _The Interview_. Seth Rogen and James Franco are reportedly in negotiations to make a movie called _The Disaster Artist_, which would tell the story about the making of the 2003 drama _The Room_. _The Disaster Artist_ would tell the story of Tommy Wiseau, director, producer, writer and star of the original film that became a cult “classic” of sorts, thanks to cult midnight showings that took place after it was pulled from theaters due to low ticket sales. _The Room_ focused on a love triangle between a man, his fiance and his best friend. [_The Disaster Artist_](http://www.amazon.com/The-Disaster-Artist-Inside-Greatest/dp/1451661193)is based on a 2013 non-fiction book of the same name written by Greg Sestero, who starred in the original film. The book chronicles the film’s shoot and what it was like working with Wiseau, who had no filmmaking experience when he worked on _The Room_. James Franco’s brother Dave Franco is also attached to the project. Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, who wrote _500 Days of Summer_ and adapted _The Fault in Our Stars_, wrote the script. James Franco and Seth Rogen Are Taking on 'The Room' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4093384/james-franco-seth-rogen-the-room/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4093384/james-franco-seth-rogen-the-room/"},"headline":"James Franco and Seth Rogen Are Taking on The Room","datePublished":"2015-10-29T20:12:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:12:37.023Z","description":"The team that (almost) brought you The Interview is back","url":"https://time.com/4093384/james-franco-seth-rogen-the-room/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63fc6bf70884cd8/69877060e53aba0d254d6b33/the-interview11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63fc6bf70884cd8/69877060e53aba0d254d6b33/the-interview11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"James Franco and Seth Rogen","caption":"James Franco and Seth Rogen","creditText":"Columbia","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":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4093384/james-franco-seth-rogen-the-room/","name":"James Franco and Seth Rogen Are Taking on The Room"}}]}] ```