Seth Rogen is fast becoming one of the great character actors of our time.

The portly star of a string of comedies over the last couple of years has managed to wow us all with his portrayal of a slobbish stoner with a kind heart, a slobbish stoner with a kind heart and a slobbish stoner with a kind heart. Ron Perlman had better watch his back, as his crown is surely about to be stolen.

That’s right: signs are pointing towards Seth Rogen playing a slobbish stoner with a kind heart in his new movie.

He will star alongside another of the Judd Apatow stable, Jay Baruchel, in the recently announced ‘Jay and Seth vs The Apocalypse‘, where the two chaps find themselves the last men on earth, during an invasion of monsters and, well, realising they can’t stand being around each other.

And did we mention they’re going to be slobbish stoners with kind hearts? Just in case you weren’t sure.

The movie started life as an internet short, aired on little-known video sharing site YouTube. There it became popular over this newfangled “internets” thing and caused people to talk the thing up. Through the combined power of words and public interest, the option to make the actual filmic version of the comedy short soon popped its little face up, meaning we get to see yet another film where the slobbish stoner with a kind heart does funny things.

Some may think there’s a cynical pattern to the things Rogen tends to be involved in, they may think that he’s found himself a niche and aims to exploit it to the fullest, cashing in on the legions of real-life slobbish stoners with kind hearts who flock to his pictures.

Others may come to the shocking conclusion that – while the man is clearly involved in some very funny films (hello Superbad) – he just doesn’t have that great an imagination when it comes to characters.

Hecklerspray sits between the two opinions, goading supporters of each into throwing Molotov cocktails at each other and cackling, cackling as they do so. We know he’s something of a comedy king in recent times, but come on – play a different character sunshine.

Watch the original short here.