Another Non-Apatow Project for Segel

With the Judd Apatow backlash in full swing after the box-office under-performance of Funny People and the over-exposure of Seth Rogen in the market (saying this 100% as someone whose a huge fan of both), one person whose yet to feel any of its sting is Jason Segel.

I Love You, Man (which contrary to popular belief didn't involve Apatow in any capacity) wound up making more money than his first headlining film, last year's great Forgetting Sarah Marshall. That, and of course How I Met Your Mother is still going strong on telly.

Now the trades report Segel is set to co-star in The Adventurer's Handbook along with fellow Apatow-alumni Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman. Said project centers around life-long friends who go on a global adventure based on the book of the same name.

It's good to see the gang branching out and trying to cross genres with Handbook as well as the forthcoming Green Hornet with Michel Gondry. Speaking of which, what the Hell is going on with that new Muppet movie Segel and Marshall director Nick Stoller are working on?