The first publicity image has been released from Judd Apatow’s This is Forty, a movie about Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd’s characters set a few years after Knocked Up. And yes, Judd Apatow cast his real wife and kids again (Maude and Iris, 14 and 9), with Paul Rudd as his stand in. Which isn’t that weird a fetish when you think about it.

Apatow’s first directing effort since 2009′s “Funny People” — picks up with the family a few years after “Knocked Up.” Pete’s music label is struggling and Debbie’s vanity business, a dress shop staffed by the comely Desi (Megan Fox) and the awkward Jodi (Charlyne Yi), needs to help cover the household budget.

Holy sh*t, this sounds incredible! Wait, what’s ‘comely’ mean?

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Leslie Mann (Apatow’s wife) went on Ellen the other day to promote 17 Again and told a story about how her co-star Zac Efron agreed to call her daughter Maude (her and her sister were the best part of Knocked Up) on her 10th birthday.  It’s as annoying as you might imagine a group of 10-year-old girls to be (God I hope I don’t have daughters), but she redeems herself seconds later when she knocks some little dude on his ass for no reason.  What’s he doing at a party with a bunch of screaming girls anyway? I can’t decide if he’s a little pimp or an Efron in training.  Depends on whether his last name has a hyphen, I think.

[via videogum]