Simon Rich

Review: An American Pickle

Posted 5 years ago

PLOT: Herschel Greenbaum (Seth Rogen) is a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1919 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family. One day, while working at his factory job, he falls into a vat of pickles and...

Edgar Wright to direct ghost story Stage 13

Posted 6 years ago

Damn, Edgar Wright! The director certainly hasn't been laying idle during the COVID-19 pandemic as he's been snapping up projects left and right. Deadline has reported that Wright has closed a deal to develop, direct, and executive produce STAGE 13,...

HBO Max unveils the trailer for their first original film An American Pickle

Posted 6 years ago

Seth Rogen is a man with a dream in the first trailer for AN AMERICAN PICKLE, based on the 2013 short story "Sell Out" by Simon Rich. Rich also takes on scripting duties for the comedy film directed by Brandon...

Seth Rogen’s next film will find him trapped in pickle brine for 100 years

Posted 7 years ago

Move over, cryogenics! You've got nothing compared to the perfect preservation powers of brine, which preserves both pickles and humans equally well! Variety reports that Seth Rogen is setting up his next project with Sony Pictures which is based upon...

Paddington director Paul King in talks to direct Willy Wonka

Posted 8 years ago

We've known for several years that another Willy Wonka film was in the works, and according to THR, Paul King is currently in final negotiations to direct the reimagining of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." King is the...