For years now Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel have been talking about making their tongue in cheek movie, Jay & Seth Vs. The Apocalypse, but it’s only in the last few months it’s really been moving forward. Even so, there’s slightly been the feel that it may come to nothing, although that’s slightly changed now as the cast has started to grow, with THR reporting that Emma Watson, Jason Segel and David Krumholtz have all agreed to cameo as themselves in the film.
Rogen has previously that it’s, “A movie about a bunch of friends who are stuck in a house together as the apocalypse happens outside and they kind of barricade themselves in. They think they’ve kind of survived the worst and then they realise they all really can’t stand to be around each other as they’re stuck in this house together.”
One word of warning though, over the years a lot of potential cast member have come and gone, so having Emma, Jason and David sign up is no guarantee they’ll actually end up in the movie. Indeed, Watson’s Harry Potter co-star, Daniel Radcliffe, was attached at one point, and Rogen has previously suggested Danny McBride, James Franco, Jonah Hill and Craig Robinson are all onboard. They all appear to still involved at the moment, but we’ll have to wait and see if they do end up on the screen.
Rogen and Evan Goldberg will direct, with the current plan to have the movies in cinemas June 2013.