News > Apatow Commits to Five-Year Engagement

Written by David Morgan

The reigning king of comedy (for film at least) Judd Apatow is producing another rom-com by writer-director Nick Stoller, who also wrote and directed the upcoming Apatow-backed Forgetting Sarah Marshall. This new film is called Five-Year Engagement, and is set to star Stoller's writing partner Jason Segel (Knocked Up, Freaks and Geeks).

According to Variety, the film is "described as a bawdy, couples comedy, [that] charts the five-year engagement of a man (Segel) and his fiancee, following the ups and downs of their relationship."

Stoller sees this as a logical follow-up to Sarah Marshall, because…

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"If Sarah Marshall (played by Kristen Bell) and Jason's character had stayed together, this might be the sequel." 

Oh no. It's like Keyser Soze all over again. Thanks a lot, Stoller.