Rogen and Pine Go to War

The buddy-comedy This Means War has been floating around for awhile now, trading hands from lead actor to lead actor, from director to director, and now what once as a vehicle for Martin Lawrence is looking at either Seth Rogen or Chris Pine for its male lead. Could you potentially consider two more different actors for the same role?

Our friends over at SlashFilm have offered up a great summation of the movie and it's history:

There are two lead male roles in this one. The story has "two best buddies whose friendship is put to the test when a woman moves into their spare room. As they fight for her affections, New York City is literally left demolished in their wake - including such landmarks as the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty."

Bradley Cooper had one of those two roles, but dropped out either over scheduling problems or creative concerns, depending upon the source you choose. Meanwhile, James Franco was offered one of the roles and passed. Rogen and Pine are supposedly being courted for the same role (a character named FDR) which suggests that the studio is all over the map casting this one. It's a very different movie depending on which guy gets cast...Rogen could instead take the role that Franco was offered, which says the studio really wants 'ruggedly handsome and funny,' but will settle for funny if that's all they can get.

Sounds interesting. Stay tuned to UGO for more as the project develops.