'50/50' Trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen In Cancer Comedy (VIDEO)

Cancer is no laughing matter. Unless you're Joseph-Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogen, that is.

In, "50/50," a new heart warming comedy based on the real life experiences of screenwriter and Rogen friend Will Reiser, Gordon-Levitt's character Adam is diagnosed with cancer and given a 50/50 chance to survive, giving him a lot of life to reckon with in the short term.

Rogen finds himself in a familiar position, playing the jokester best friend of the patient; the movie is personal for him, and he, and along with friend Evan Goldberg, produced the film, too.

The film hits theaters in September; despite its subject, it presents much lighter fare for Gordon-Levitt compared to his last film, the indie drama "Hesher." He's now beginning work on the next Batman film, while Rogen films "My Mother's Curse" with Barbra Streisand.

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Comments

[aphextwin07]

04:12 PM on 07/01/2011

actually looks pretty funny

[-swift]

08:52 AM on 06/01/2011

How many jokes are going to be about Joseph's misshapen head?

[Furdurp]

04:49 PM on 05/31/2011

Based on the trailer I will Def see this movie. As a canser survivor myself, laughter (most specifically the sound of my 3 boys Laughter) is truly a life giving force. They saw it i felt it and as hard as it was for them and me some days we made it thru.

[Max Shaw]

01:20 PM on 05/31/2011

If its anything like Funny People than I'll probably end up watching it.

[liberaldawg]

03:06 PM on 05/30/2011

Just because you have cancer doesn't mean you lose your sense of humor. My guess is
that our sense of humor is the most valuable "intangible" quality we have.

[chaapai]

05:56 PM on 05/30/2011

I agree 100%. All is not lost until we lose our ability to laugh. Then what else is there to live for?

[lilipilicious]

06:06 PM on 05/30/2011

i guess none of you ever have lost anyone battle this HORRIBLE illness, watch them waste away in front of you, watch them have their insides be eaten - literally - by invading cancer cells that JUST WONT STOP UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD. The pain they fail, the death they face every day. Yeah - it is all a laughing matter and a matter of having a sense of humor until it is your mother or father ot sister or brother that is losing the Russian roulette.

[A Denise Moore]

08:13 PM on 05/30/2011

When I was diagnosed with cancer it was humor and anger that kept me going...and lot of reflection of my life. I survived. Let's just see how the story plays out.

[Chockolate]

07:43 AM on 05/30/2011

I'd like to see a piano land on Seth Rogen.

[signgrrl]

12:46 PM on 05/30/2011

it would not upset me to learn that that had happened . . . ..

[Howard53545]

05:19 AM on 05/30/2011

We do not want to watch another downer movie, so fade.

[John Boylan]

03:41 AM on 05/30/2011

As the son of a father with an extremely rare, fast growing cancer with an average life expectancy of 10 months, this movie brings a smile to my face. What I've learned over the past 2 months is exactly what the character says in this movie: you can't change your situation, but you can change and control how you deal with it. I've watched my dad grow as a person and embrace his life (enjoying every second of it). Hopefully this movie can give solace and a bit of humor to others in this type of situation. JGL usually does his roles justice, so here's hoping he keeps it up.

[IrisMozenter]

08:05 AM on 05/30/2011

Good luck to you. I hope you are able enjoy the time your father has left, have a community that gives you the strength to deal with the pain to come, and find peace down the road.

[signgrrl]

12:52 PM on 05/30/2011

i'm glad to hear that. my father died of congestive heart failure and failed miserably at that whole acceptance thing. he totally lost his sense of humor and just made himself miserable. it was not a learning experience for him at all.

[indywoman]

04:35 PM on 05/30/2011

Maybe not, but it sounds like it was a learning experience for you, and possibly others in your family. There are always lessons to be learned, if people pay attention. I'm so sorry for you and your dad. Death is so scary, but one thing is for sure, no one escapes it. My mother died of pancreatic cancer just 4 months after her diagnosis. I was asleep at home when she died at 5am, and I had a vivid dream about her at that exact time. In the dream, she was very, very happy. That stays with me.

[MDUB1969]

01:07 AM on 05/30/2011

JGL is fantastic. Can't wait to see him in this. If you like him and haven't seen The Lookout, I'd highly suggest it.

[mlaiuppa]

10:39 PM on 05/29/2011

Well, I'm relieved to hear Gordon-Levitt doesn't really have cancer.

[EricBishop]

08:51 PM on 05/29/2011

How does Seth Rogan have a career? He's been horrible in every one of his movies.

[MDUB1969]

01:04 AM on 05/30/2011

I wonder that as well at times. The last time I thought he was any good was in Freaks and Geeks.

[EricBishop]

01:09 AM on 05/30/2011

Free-riding on good concept, good writing and good costars.

[Todd Sullivan]

03:40 AM on 05/30/2011

he is pretty bad, and i refuse to watch just about anything he's in. i actually do think he's a star of the moment, and five years from now everyone will be like, "seth who?"

[signgrrl]

12:47 PM on 05/30/2011

or, why him ?

[FlowerGypsy]

06:52 PM on 05/29/2011

This looks funny and perhaps heart-warming, I'lll definitely be seeing this one. Plus, I always love JGL, I think he's really charming.

[TheOuroborus]

05:34 PM on 05/29/2011

Another Seth Rogen film I won't see.

[Keith Bursheim]

05:13 PM on 05/29/2011

this looks terrific! JGL is one of my faves.

[crayola 08b]

02:05 PM on 05/29/2011

his Klingon ridges are kinda cute.