Apatow and Seth Rogen team-up for feature

Still buzzing from the huge success of THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, Judd Apatow told the Chicago Tribune that there were no plans for a sequel. “I don’t know if you can be a born-again virgin,” said Apatow. VIRGIN has the potential to be a comedy classic, so Apatow is wise to leave it alone. Even wiser are his plans for a new comedy starring Seth Rogen, one of the stars of VIRGIN.

The burly, bearded Rogen got his break on the short-lived but critically acclaimed 1999 sitcom “Freaks and Geeks” — for which Apatow was a writer. Rogen, 23, has since appeared in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” and written for “Da Ali G Show,” but Apatow’s film is his most widely seen work yet. “I’ve worked with him since he was 16 on `Freaks and Geeks’ and always thought he could be a big comedy star,” Apatow said. “The nice thing about `Virgin’ is that it shows the studios that if the premise is a strong one, you can take a chance on a new actor in the lead.

After just devouring the boxed set of UNDECLARED (on which Rogen starred and wrote several episodes) I can only hope that they go full speed ahead with this project.