Friday
Jan072011
Paul Rudd & Leslie Mann Reprising Knocked Up Roles
Fri, January 7, 2011 
Note to Katherine Heigl: don't expect a call.
Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann will reprise their Knocked Up roles of Pete and Debbie in Judd Apatow's latest, reports the trades. The new comedy, scheduled for June 1, 2012, will see the married couple, who served as a guiding hand for Seth Rogen and Heigl into parent and couplehood as well as a warning signal of things to come, as the leads.
What the focus of the film will be is anyone's guess. But going by Apatow's ongoing theme of growing up in previous efforts, another crack in their marriage may be the issue at hand.
They have the talent, chemistry and comic-timing, and best of all, neither will run off and shit-talk Apatow and the film(s) that made their careers. Unlike Heigl.
Reader Comments (2)
As I walked out of Funny People, I told my friend that I would never watch another movie where Apatow tried to get audiences to care about how awesome he thinks his family is. He's like one of those annoying parents who's always showing pictures of his kids. Think I'll give this one a miss.
I thought Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann were very funny in Knocked Up despite the movie's flaws. I think this might work. I hope it's better than Funny People.