Columbia Pictures is climbing aboard "The Pineapple Express," enlisting David Gordon Green ("The Undertow", "All the Real Girls") to helm the comedy to star Seth Rogen ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin") and James Franco ("Spider-Man").
Script by Rogen and Evan Goldberg follows a pair of toking buddies who get mixed up with a drug gang. Production is slated to start early next year reports Variety.
Judd Apatow and Shauna Robertson will produce. Green remains attached to direct "A Confederacy of Dunces," with Will Ferrell set to star.
