Seth Rogen Shuts Down Freaks and Geeks Reboot: He’s Not Fucking This

Seth Rogen is closing the door on a ‘Freaks and Geeks’ revival.

is talking to People magazinethe actor addressed the recent trend of reboots and his feeling that the original cast members probably wouldn’t want to revisit the short-lived NBC series.

“I don’t think anybody would,” Rogen told People of any potential reboot hopes. “It’s so rare that you do something in your career that is actually considered good.”

“Freaks and Geeks” centers on siblings Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) and Sam (John Francis Daley), who are trying to make friends at their new Detroit high school in 1980. Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel, Busy Philipps, Martin Starr and Samm Levine starred in the teen-centric series that ran from 1999 to 2000. Paul Feig created the show, while Judd Apatow served as executive producer.

He added: “Now I know enough to not screw with it and let it be good and not try to watch it again and let it exist.”

Executive producer, writer and director Apatow previously revealed that there was an offer from MTV back in 2000 to continue the series with a “much lower budget,” but the “Freaks and Geeks” team “decided that we didn’t want a weaker version of the show. “

Showrunner Feig added in 2021, “There are so many moments where I’m like, ‘Wow, we just got away with these 18 episodes,’ and I’m sure we would have done other great episodes, another great season.” But at the same time, it’s amber now, and there’s something nice about that.”

“Freaks and Geeks” alum Starr currently stars in the new Starz revival of “Party Down,” while the legendary NBC sitcom “Frasier” gets a new lease on life at Paramount+. In the years since “Freaks and Geeks,” allegations against actor Franco have come to light, with Philipps claiming that Franco assaulted her on the set of the show. In 2021, Rogen announced a formal split with Franco regarding future creative partnerships amid renewed attention to sexual harassment allegations against the actor.

Separated from “Freaks and Geeks,” Rogen is also protecting the “Superbad” legacy, which is helmed by longtime collaborator and fellow “Freaks” alum Apatow.

“The crazy thing is that Gabe LaBelle is 19 years old and his and his friends’ favorite movie is ‘Superbad,'” Rogen told People of his “Fabelmans” co-star. “So for some reason that never changed. No one has made a good high school movie since.”

Rogen has previously shut down any involvement in a sequel, saying “Superbad” is the one film he would “100% probably never touch” for a sequel or reboot.

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