Overview
- Rogen said at the June 24 premiere of Olivia Wilde’s The Invite that he and Evan Goldberg are talking about directing another feature and that he may direct a film next year.
- He has not directed a feature since 2014’s The Interview, a film that provoked North Korean threats and a major cyberattack on Sony and that he says made him cautious about returning to movie directing.
- Since then Rogen has focused on acting, producing and directing television episodes, including work on his series The Studio, which he says helped him ease back into directing.
- At The Invite premiere Rogen praised Olivia Wilde’s work as an actor-director and is appearing in the film, which expands wide on July 10.
- If Rogen does return to features it would mark a personal shift from risk-avoidance to renewed ambition and could influence how studios and filmmakers weigh provocative satire given ongoing public debate about The Interview’s legacy.