Seth Rogan Revealed Why ‘Pineapple Express 2’ Was Never Made
By George Robbins
Many films over the years have gone on to have sequels and franchises based on how well the reception of their first outing was. These films then go on to usually make their studios a lot of money and then they are always remembered for this fact. One film to do relatively well, but never had a chance at a sequel was the comedy ‘Pineapple Express.’ The movie followed a stoner and his dealer being caught up in a murder conspiracy that they accidentally stumbled into. What then follows is a journey that sees the two of them getting closer to one another while trying to deal with the dangerous situation that they have been put into. The movie itself did fairly well but never really had much time in the limelight to really stick out for audiences at large.
Overall, the critical response for the film was that it was a pretty well received movie that a lot of people actually liked. The film did pretty well when it first released in 2008 and has since then gained something of a cult following. People have loved the movie ever since its initial conception and it continues to this day as one of the most interesting modern day comedies out in the world. Beyond just whether or not the film was received well or not, it was also a financial success as it had a budget of around $27 million and it ended up making a total of $102.4 million at the box office alone. Fans have looked at this film for years as a movie that more movies should take inspiration from and they have wondered just why there was never a sequel.
Those wondering why the movie never actually got a sequel will no longer have to try and guess what the reason is that they didn’t get to see a sequel to the cult loved film. Recently, Seth Rogan, who both wrote and co-starred in the film, explained what the reason was for why they didn’t get to make a second movie. While sitting down on the ‘The Howard Stern Show,’ Rogan was asked about the potential of a sequel to the original film and Rogan answered that the crew of the movie was very much willing to make a sequel. Unfortunately, the amount of money that they asked for in order to make the film was too much and Sony decided that they would not fund the film. Rogan admitted that they may have asked for just too much money, but we’ll never know because Sony was not willing to fund a sequel to the first film.