HBO Max has debuted the first trailer for director Brandon Trost’s upcoming comedy An American Pickle. Based on Simon Rich’s novella Sell Out, the film stars Seth Rogen as a struggling labourer who falls into a vat of pickles in 1920, perfectly preserving him for 100 years before he wakes up in present day and goes to stay with his only surviving relative, his great-grandson Ben (also played by Rogen); watch it here…
AN AMERICAN PICKLE, directed by Brandon Trost, is based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella and stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1920 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family. One day, while working at his factory job, he falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. The brine preserves him perfectly and when he emerges in present-day Brooklyn, he finds that he hasn’t aged a day. But when he seeks out his family, he is troubled to learn that his only surviving relative is his great-grandson, Ben Greenbaum (also played by Rogen), a mild-mannered computer coder whom Herschel can’t even begin to understand.
An American Pickle arrives on HBO Max on August 6th.
