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Prior to Pineapple Express, most people probably thought they had David Gordon Green pegged as one of American cinema's up-and-coming indie auteurs. His modest, somber debut, George Washington, was one of the best-reviewed films of 2000. His directorial follow-ups—All the Real Girls and Undertow—garnered favorable reviews as well, and prompted Green's biggest cheerleader, Roger Ebert, to say the following: "He has made three films of considerable power and has achieved what few directors ever do: after watching one of his films for a scene or two, you know who directed it."

A crossover between two of Judd Apatow's most recent comedies might seem like it's jumping the gun a little bit, or that it's the product of a hash session between the stars of Pineapple Express. Of course, that doesn't change the fact that it sounds like a totally awesome idea.

Release Date: August 6
Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Cinematographer: Tim Orr
Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez
Studio/Run Time: Columbia Pictures, 111 mins.

Producer Judd Apatow and his comedy factory are making their apologists work overtime to explain which of their films are worth a damn and which were thrown together by stunted man-boys who've figured out how to make a buck off of high-school nostalgia. For a time, it seemed that the involvement of Seth Rogen, either as a writer (Superbad) or actor (Knocked Up), separated the wheat from the chaff. But then Drillbit Taylor, a half-hearted mess thrown together for Owen Wilson, took a chunk out of that section of the rubric. It was co-written by Rogen, who now stars in and co-wrote the team's latest film, Pineapple Express, which complicates matters further. Unlike Drillbit, which didn't seem to know what it was aiming for, Pineapple seems to be exactly the kind of shallow, flimsy movie that Apatow and team set out to make. They aimed for a low target and hit it square in the nuts.

Like every subject he touches these days, Judd Apatow is about to make Huey Lewis relevant again. As had been rumored, the harmonica maestro (with The News in tow) did indeed craft the theme song for Apatow's upcoming stoner, er, pardon, "buddy," flick Pineapple Express. Check it out on the Pineapple Express soundtrack's MySpace page, and try not to laugh too hard when you hear one of the icons of pop-rock utter the word "chronic" and inhale, Dr. Dre-style.

David Gordon Green has signed on to direct the Universal Pictures comedy Your Highness, Variety reports.