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Jason Segel (Marshall, if you didn’t know) has a movie coming out which he not only stars in, but has written as well. It’s called Forgetting Sarah Marshall and we can expect to see it hit theaters in May 2008.

Assuming you haven’t been living in a cave for the past couple years, you should recognize many of his co-stars. The list includes Jonah Hill (Superbad), Paul Rudd (40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Mila Kunis (That 70s Show), Bill Hader (SNL, The Brothers Solomon), and Kristen Wiig (SNL, Knocked Up).

Kristen Bell plays the titular character (that’s not what that means you perv, look it up). Oh man, I’m there. I’d pay $10 to watch her read the phone book because you know it’d be sassy. The list of attractive young females appearing in the movie goes on and on which leads me to believe Segel will be following in the footsteps of collaborators Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen by making a sex-heavy adolescent comedy. And I love him for it.

And why wouldn’t he? The three of them have been working together forever. Segel was a major on Freaks and Geeks (which you’ve all seen, right?) with Rogen, James Franco, and Linda Cardellini—a show Apatow created. Segel, Rogen, and Apatow also worked together on Undeclared and Knocked Up. It is due to Apatow, in fact, that almost all the young talent in Hollywood today is connected, which means Segel will surely have many more opportunities in his future.

If you’ve never seen Freaks and Geeks, shame on you. Now go watch the credits which are awesome and feature a hilariously young Segel.

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