Seth Rogen returns to B.C. to shoot new comedy

TORONTO – Vancouver is standing in for North Korea next month when production starts on the new comedy film The Interview.

Seth Rogen and his creative partner Evan Goldberg, who both hail from Vancouver, will co-direct the movie, which stars Rogen, James Franco and Randall Park.

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“It’s about two journalists that try to assassinate the president of North Korea while interviewing him,” Rogen told E! News in June.

“It’s Kim Jong-un. Literally King Jong-un in the movie. We figured it’s North Korea, you might as well make it Kim Jong-un.”

Cameras are scheduled to roll in Vancouver from Oct. 10 to Dec. 20.

Rogen and Franco worked together on this summer’s comedy This is The End and 2008’s Pineapple Express.

Franco recently worked on the drama Every Thing Will Be Fine in Montreal.