'Superbad'/'Pineapple Express' Crossover Movie? Really?
Freddy and Jason, Alien and Predator, that time Urkel was on Step by Step: if there's one thing audiences will tolerate, it's pointless crossovers. So how about a Pineapple Express/Superbad crossover, even though Seth Rogen is in both films playing different roles, which would probably lead to some kind of confusing, Tommy Westphall-style paradox? Well, regardless, James Franco says it might be happening. From MTV:
Even before ‘Superbad’ came out, I think the studio was trying to get [Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg] to write a sequel, but they really didn’t want to write a sequel. I guess the kids would go to college or something like that [that was the studio's idea],” Franco said. “And so, an answer to that was to do a ‘Superbad’/'Pineapple Express’ crossover, an unprecedented crossover movie with two directors, Greg Motolla and David Gordon Green, each directing half of the movie and somehow these characters get together, which doesn’t make sense at all, but could work.”
I have to agree that this doesn't make sense at all, but, yeah, it could work--especially if they follow the example of crossovers that worked in the past. Because Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen definitely read this blog, I've helpfully made a list of the top five crossovers of all time. Study these, guys, and you can do no wrong. Thank me later.
1. Scooby Doo and The Addams Family
2. Scooby Doo and Batman & Robin
3. Scooby Doo and The Harlem Globetrotters
4. Scooby Doo and The Three Stooges
5. Scooby Doo and Laurel & Hardy
Just look how seamlessly they're integrated:
I swear, seeing that, it's like Batman was created just to team up with a talking cartoon dog and his high friend. So natural. Are you seeing this, Chris Nolan?