Jonah Hill Says ‘Middle Child’ Is Dead, Gives Details On Still Kicking ‘Pure Imagination’

Edward Davis — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:04:00 +0000

Remember “The Middle Child”? An old Jonah Hill-penned/to-be-produced by Judd Apatow project/idea (circa 2007) about a boy (Hill) who discovers his older brother was given up for adoption before he was born and when the brother (would have been Seth Rogen) is reunited with his family, the young man’s world is torn asunder as he suddenly has to face middle child syndrome (Rogen’s character is evidently welcomed with open arms as the “child they always wanted” and Hill finds himself ostracized and on the outs)?

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What’s Next For Judd Apatow? Jonah Hill’s ‘The Middle Child’? Vehicles For David Krumholtz Or Ed Helms?

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:20:00 +0000

The Hollywood Reporter has written what essentially amounts to a “What’s Next For Judd Apatow?” piece (it’s called Judd Apatow finds himself at a crossroads). The article basically talks about whether “Funny People” hurt the Apatow brand (no) and where he might go next — continuing in the vein of more serious work? Or retreating to more digestible concepts like the “Knocked-Up” premise of schlub impregnates hot girl.

Most interesting to us is the fact that a few projects we took a pretty exhaustive and thorough look at in September 2007, are apparently still being considered.

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Jonah Hill Says ‘Middle Child’ Is Dead, Gives Details On Still Kicking ‘Pure Imagination’

What’s Next For Judd Apatow? Jonah Hill’s ‘The Middle Child’? Vehicles For David Krumholtz Or Ed Helms?