Judd Apatow shares details on PEE-WEE HERMAN movie and KNOCKED UP spinoff

Judd Apatow was recently interviewed by Screen Junkies. In the interview, he shared some information about the new Pee-Wee Herman movie he’s producing and the Knocked Up spinoff he’s writing and directing.

Here is what Apatow said when asked how the new Pee-Wee film would compare to the classic Burton film:

"It’s a little early in the process to know. He only made two movies so there’s a lot of open ground for Pee-Wee. It is many years later so there are different stories to tell.

"...it exists in its own world but it’s very imaginative. I think that’s one of the best characters of all time for me. It’s like W.C. Fields.

The director also spoke about the spin-off to Knocked Up. He revealed why he felt Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann were the right characters for that story, as opposed to starting over with new ones:

"People were really taken by those characters. I think people really emotionally connected to the challenges of their marriage and I thought, you know, they were only a small portion of the movie. I’m a television writer so I always want another episode. I always want another 80 episodes. That’s why after Forgetting Sarah Marshall, we said, “What else can we do with this character Russell Brand has created here?” I felt that way about Pete and Debbie from Knocked Up."

Here is the director's response when asked if the main characters from Knocked Up would have cameos:

"I’m trying to figure out how to do that. A lot of it just depends on people’s availabilities and the story I’m trying to tell, who fits into that story. There definitely will be other people from Knocked Up in the movie."

For the full interview click the link listed below in the source. What are your thoughts of this news?