Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg Rewriting ‘Neighborhood Watch’
By Russ Fischer/Nov. 16, 2010 11:30 am EST
High-concept, then, and I wonder what this means for the film as a whole. Even with their most recent work being Green Hornet, I’d guess you don’t hire the Rogen/Goldberg team when you want super-broad marginally family-friendly fare. But that’s what Peter Segal tends to direct. (He’s also signed for the Warner Bros. boxing/grumpy old men film Grudge Match, you’ll recall.)
Neighborhood Watch sounds like the sort of film that could skew dramatically in a couple of different directions. For me, the idea of a film in the comedic tone of Pineapple Express and Superbad is a lot more appealing than something along the lines of Peter Segal’s films like Anger Management, 50 First Dates and Get Smart. For me, then, the hope is that someone else directs the picture. Ruben Fleischer might have been a great choice; someone like that (or Todd Phillips, though I can’t imagine he’s looking in this direction) would be ideal.
But let’s wait and hear more about what direction the rewrite goes.
