Movie Trailer for 50/50 with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen

Summit Entertainment has released the first trailer for the film 50/50 a dramedy written by Will Reiser which is based the story of his own battle with cancer. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogan. The movie looks really good and the trailer does a great job of showing of the balance of comedy and drama in the film. The movie was directed by Jonathan Levine (The Wackness), also stars Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston, and Phillip Baker Hall

A comedy about cancer isn't an easy sell to audiences, but it really does look like it will be a great movie to watch, and I'm looking forward to seeing it. 

Here's the Official Synopsis for the Film:

Inspired by personal experiences, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis. Rogen also serves as producer, along with Evan Goldberg and Ben Karlin. Jonathan Levine directs from a script by Will Reiser. “We worked with Will on Da Ali G show, and it was shortly after that we learned he was sick.” Rogen recalls. “As shocking, sad, confusing and generally screwed up as it was; we couldn’t ignore that because we were so ill-equipped to deal with the situation, funny things kept happening. Will got better, and when he did, we thought the best way to pull something good out of the situation was to get him to write a screenplay. Ideally we wanted to make a film that would be as funny, sad, and hopefully as honest as the experience we went through. As soon as the script was completed, it quickly became a passion project for all of us. It helped us come to terms with Will’s struggle as well as our own experiences.” 50/50 is the story of a guy’s transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health. 50/50 draws its emotional core from Will Reiser’s own experience with cancer and reminds us that friendship and love, no matter what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers.

The film is set to come out on September 30th. Watch the trailer below and tell us what you think!

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