“An American Pickle” Director Brandon Trost Tackles Two Seth Rogens

In many ways, An American Pickle is unlike any comedy Seth Rogen has done before. And that’s one reason Brandon Trost, a cinematographer who has worked extensively with Rogen, including on such films as This is the End, Neighbors, The Interview and The Disaster Artist, chose it for his directorial debut.

For starters, the HBO Max original (premiering on August 6) offers one of the year’s more unusual plotlines.