Seth Rogen has revealed the surprising reason why Jonah Hill's character was banned from using a PlayStation in 2007 film ...

Seth Rogen recently shared how Sony—the very studio that produced the iconic 2007 comedy Superbad—refused to let Jonah Hill’s character interact with a PlayStation console during filming. The ironic ...

According to writer Seth Rogen, Sony refused to let Jonah Hill touch a PlayStation in Superbad due to his character being “too vile”. Superbad is a coming-of-age buddy comedy about two ...

Sony restricted Jonah Hill's character in Superbad from using a PS2 in one scene, as per director Seth Rogen. The company was apparently concerned about PlayStation's brand image being negatively ...

and how worried Sony was that the scene would include a PlayStation console. “On Superbad, we were told, Sony made the movie, Jonah Hill’s character Seth was so reprehensible to the studio ...

According to Rogen, a scene in which Evan (Michael Cera) can be seen playing a game on a PlayStation 2 was originally meant to show Seth (Jonah Hill) using the console--but Sony wasn't having it.

As it goes, one of the PlayStation platform holders' key stipulations was that Jonah Hill's "vile" character, Seth, could not physically touch or interact with one of its consoles onscreen.

In the 2007 hit comedy Superbad, Jonah Hill plays a character named Seth, who is based on Rogen’s own teenage experiences. However, during the production process, Sony had an ob ...

Seth Rogen took a studio note personally on “Superbad,” when Sony objected to Jonah Hill’s character using a PlayStation 2 in a scene because he was too “reprehensible.” “They were like, ‘We can't ...