Pee-Wee and Judd Apatow To Team Up

Pee-Wee Herman will be hitting the big screen again -- and Hollywood's comedy mastermind-of-the-moment, Judd Apatow, is helping bring the gray suited, red bow-tie clad character back to life, the
Associated Press reports.
While rumors have been brewing for months about a possible movie for the infamous children's character, it was finally confirmed that it's really going to happen. Apatow's publicist verified the news, saying the director/producer/writer is developing a movie with Herman's creator, Paul Reubens.
Reubens is co-writing the flick, which has been described as "an on-the-road movie built around a big adventure." Remind anyone of another Pee-Wee Herman movie? In fact, in an interview with the
The New York Times, Reubens revealed Apatow was "interested in something closer, in the same vein and the same genre, as 'Big Adventure.'"
Apatow has enjoyed a string of successful films over the past several years, including 'Superbad,' 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.' And the pairing of Apatow with the legendary children's personality has many in Hollywood wondering if it's a recipe for huge box office success.
Pee-Wee was recently in the news when the
New York Times reported Reubens was bringing the character to Broadway. The character will get his own six-week run this October in 'The Pee-wee Herman Show' at the Stephen Sondheim Theater.
Reubens, 57, created the lovable Pee-wee Herman persona over three decades ago while performing with the Groundlings, a famous comedy troupe based out of Los Angeles.
The character shot to cult status after the release of the 1985 Tim Burton-directed movie 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' and a Saturday morning children's show, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse,' that ran from 1986 to 1990.
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Great - some pervert doing kid flicks.
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I'm really going to be looking forward to this movie.
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