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The Invite uses a tense dinner-party setup and a star-studded cast to explore non-monogamy, turning a comedy-thriller into a meditation on trust, openness, and the reshaping of relationship norms beyond monogamy, with sharp humor and strong performances.
On The A24 Podcast, Seth Rogen says Anne Hathaway quit Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up over a graphic birthing scene, believing the crowning moment wasn’t her brand; Olivia Wilde auditioned for the lead, and Hathaway’s decision reflected what she felt fit her image, even as the 2007 film became a commercial success.
Olivia Wilde’s US remake of The People Upstairs tightens a two-couple dinner party into a sharp, funny study of bourgeois anxiety. Anchored by a nimble ensemble (Rogen, Norton, Cruz, Wilde) and guided by Wilde’s precise direction, The Invite rises above its constraints to become a minor miracle of a sex comedy and a career high for Wilde.
Olivia Wilde’s The Invite is a star-studded ensemble drama in which Wilde and Seth Rogen play a San Francisco couple whose dinner with a free-spirited pair tests their marriage and sexual dynamics. The cast reportedly shared intimate experiences to ground the film, which is adapted from Sentimental and was acquired by A24 for $12 million after Sundance. Wilde says the project has a cathartic, theater-driven energy as it moves toward release.
The LA premiere for A24’s The Invite drew an A-list crowd including Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton at the DGA Theatre.
Seth Rogen told The New York Times that he has no plans to work with James Franco again and hasn’t spoken to him in a long time, referencing Franco’s sexual misconduct allegations and a 2021 settlement. He has repeatedly said a reunion isn’t in the cards, despite their two-decade history from Freaks and Geeks to The Interview; Franco later told Variety in 2024 that their relationship is effectively over.
Seth Rogen told The New York Times he hasn’t spoken to James Franco in years and has no plans to work with him, continuing a split that began after Franco’s 2018 sexual misconduct allegations and a 2021 class-action settlement; Rogen reiterated a no-tolerance stance on abuse while noting the friendship’s personal, nuanced nature.
After a 2018 wave of sexual misconduct allegations against James Franco, Seth Rogen reaffirmed that he has no plans to work with Franco again, noting they haven’t spoken in a long time. The pair rose to fame together on Freaks and Geeks and collaborated on films such as The Interview and The Disaster Artist; Rogen says the issue is deeply personal and he won’t detail more, but his stance remains unchanged as Franco makes a TikTok comeback.
Seth Rogen says Hollywood’s current risk-averse climate would prevent a 'Superbad'-style project from being greenlit today, arguing studios used to buy scripts, set release dates, and cast the funniest people with minimal upfront constraints, a process he says has given way to pre-approved lineups and star-power calculus; he notes past executives like Amy Pascal and acknowledges industry shifts, even as recent horror hits suggest trends continue to evolve.
Seth Rogen says in a New York Times interview that he hasn’t spoken to James Franco in years and has no plans to work with him due to the sexual misconduct allegations, stressing that the nuances of their friendship are personal. The piece also covers O’Hara’s passing and notes that Season 2 of The Studio is more ambitious, with no romantic storylines on the show.
In a New York Times interview, Seth Rogen says he has no plans to work with James Franco again, hasn’t spoken to him in years, and acknowledges the personal nature of the situation, with Franco attempting a comeback while their onscreen collaboration remains off the table.
Seth Rogen told The New York Times that he hasn’t spoken to James Franco in a long time and has no plans to work with him again, saying the personal nuances of Franco’s misconduct allegations mean a reunion isn’t on the table and noting they haven’t collaborated in years.
Seth Rogen told Brut at Cannes that anyone thinking of using AI to write a script shouldn’t be a writer, arguing that such shortcuts abandon the craft of writing. He also stressed that he loves the writing process and wouldn’t want a tool that makes him write less. The remarks come amid Hollywood’s tightening AI-related rules, including Academy policy updates affecting acting performances and Oscar eligibility.
At Cannes, Seth Rogen dismissed AI-generated content as 'stupid dog shit' and warned that writers who rely on AI aren’t really writing. He emphasized that his animated film Tangles, made with wife Lauren Miller Rogen, is hand-drawn with no AI, and it premiered to a seven-minute ovation.
Demi Moore, Seth Rogen, Chloé Zhao and a star-studded lineup attended the world premiere of Pawel Pawlikowski's Fatherland at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, with a glamorous red carpet outside the Palais des Festivals.