Today marks a joyful anniversary for action movie fans and a rather unpleasant one for gun control advocates. Exactly 90 years ago, Mikhail Kalashnikov, the man who invented the AK-47 assault rifle, was born in a small Siberian village. If we can, though, let us put aside the AK's bloody legacy on the battlefield and focus on all the badassery the weapon has unleashed on the big screen.

Whether they're battling Russians, trading in black market goods or bang-bang-banging their way through the city streets, movie characters have embraced the trusty AK or later variants like the AKM or SKS. And we, in turn, have embraced those bullet-spewing beauties. Here are some of our cinematic favs (click the image above to check out our AK-47 flipbook gallery)... Read more...

These days, Judd Apatow and friends are exploring deeper, more meaningful issues than most Hollywood comedies dare -– and they’re doing it at the top of the box-office. One of the film’s stars, Seth Rogen, is in the process of re-defining his career. Superhero flick "The Green Hornet" starts shooting soon and the comedy/drama “I’m With Cancer” will come after that.

So when we had the chance to catch up with the funnyman recently, we had to ask whether he spent his time on the “Funny People” set taking notes on how to successfully balance those tender issues of life, death and laughter.

“It’s funny, actually,” Rogen answered. “'I’m with Cancer’ existed as a script before ‘Funny People,’ but they were written around the same time.” Read more...

FROM SPLASH PAGE: These days, Seth Rogen and best bud Evan Goldberg are hard at work getting ready to shoot their high-profile flick “The Green Hornet.” But according to the “Funny People” star, the hardest part about adapting “Hornet” for the big-screen hasn’t been concerns over how to pay homage to the source material, or even how to make Rogen into an action star - it’s been making sure they don’t repeat their old material.

“It’s hard not to steal your own jokes,” laughed Rogen when we caught up with him recently, remembering the process of writing “Hornet” with Godlberg, his longtime collaborator who also co-wrote/produced the hit comedies “Pineapple Express” and “Superbad.” “It’s hard; like, you really forget which ideas you’ve used and which ones you haven’t.”

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FROM MTV.COM: The idea made total sense: Seth Rogen and James Franco were starring in the summer's baked-out action flick, "Pineapple Express," as stoners on the run from a murderous marijuana dealer. So when the two actors were set to come out onstage during the 2008 MTV Movie Awards to deliver the Golden Popcorn statue for Best Summer Movie So Far, why not have them pull out a monstrous bag of fake weed and light up a joint? Crispy comedy gold, right?

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Hey, look at that. The 2009 MTV Movie Awards are on THIS Sunday at 9pm EST. Did you know about it?

Yeah, I'm just playing. Obviously we've been pimping the upcoming MTVMAs for weeks now. And now it's almost go time. You still have time to vote though, and you should if you haven't already. Today's category previews take a closer look at the competition for Best Fight and Best Female Performance. Read more...

Jeff Sneider

Did anyone watch the Oscars this year, or was it just me and a few million other brave souls?

If you did tune in, surely you remember Seth Rogen and James Franco reprising their "Pineapple Express" characters in a hilarious skit co-starring famed cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, whose collaborations with Steven Spielberg have yielded a couple movies called "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List."

Which brings us to a recent interview in which Rogen indulged the possibility of a “Pineapple Express” sequel. “Of all the movies we’ve done, that’s the only one that I would actually like to do a sequel to and we talk about it,” Rogen told us. Read more...

FROM MOVIES.MTV.COM: Seth Rogen’s high-profile superhero movie has a brand-new director — one of the most distinctive visionaries in Hollywood — and the star can only use three words to describe how he’s feeling about it.

“It’s f—ing crazy!” he said when we spoke with him Tuesday, accentuating the point with his trademark laugh.

His new “Green Hornet” collaborator is none other than Michel Gondry, the eye-popping auteur who gave us “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Be Kind Rewind,” and too many classic music videos to list here. Capping off an exhaustive search, the “Pineapple Express” funnyman said Gondry is the perfect director for his comedic take on the crime-fighting newspaper publisher who first slipped into his green mask in 1936.

Continue reading about Michel Gondry and “The Green Hornet” at movies.mtv.com…

We were all over Seth Rogen and James Franco's fully-baked "Pineapple Express" when it was in theaters, so it shouldn't be surprising that we've followed its journey to store shelves. Below, check out one of the many bonus features from the DVD (released today), featuring the cast responding to spontaneous direction. And if it makes you long for a "Pineapple Express" sequel, you wouldn't be alone.

Alright, don't get too excited by the headline. It'll never happen. But still...a blogger can dream, right? When I chatted up the dynamic "Pineapple Express" duo of Seth Rogen and James Franco recently I had to pick the latter's brain about his awesome (and uncanny) portrayal of the man of few (and mostly unintelligible) words on "The Hills." Turns out, as you can see in the clip below, Franco loved the role (check out the Funny or Die clip here if you haven't already) almost as much as we enjoyed watching it. And even better? Seth Rogen wants a whole Justin Bobby movie!

For my money, one of the funniest bonus features in DVD history is “Finding Ben Stone,” the fake documentary included with “Knocked-Up,” where director Judd Apatow auditions several other big name actors for the part that eventually went to Seth Rogen..

Get ready for a similar assist from Rogen’s famous friends on the DVD for “Pineapple Express,” the actor revealed. That is, if the cops don’t get the footage first.

“We filmed a lot of different actors we know just going and buying weed from Saul [played hilariously in the movie by James Franco],” Rogen said. “Justin Long, Martin Starr, Judd Apatow, that one was actually pretty funny. Bill Hader.” Read more...