Viewers were surprised to see Seth Rogen take over their streaming service over Easter Weekend.
Viewers were surprised to see Seth Rogen take over their streaming service over Easter Weekend.
Netflix has been busy buying up content for a while now, with big names like Shonda Rimes, Ryan Murphy, and comedians Dave Chapelle and Ricky Gervais, joining forces with the streaming service.
So it made some sort of sense that a bigwig like Seth Rogen would sign up too.
Manybelieved he had after Netflix announced it had "acquired" the film star in a six-minute video that screened as soon as subscribers logged into their accounts over Easter weekend.
A press release suggested that Rogen was "considering a live-action Shrek remake, starring Rogen as both the titular character, as well as that character's love interest Fiona."
On Twitter, Netflix posted a video of Rogen reading out his contract to inter into "a lifetime deal to transfer full ownership of his personal autonomy to Netflix, Inc".
Rogen wasn't the only celebrity to prank fans on April 1, with Lindsay Lohan taking to Instagram to tell viewers she had been asked to give a commencement address at Harvard Law School.
"I'm really really honored, and I couldn't be happier. My work with Lawyer.com has finally paid off," she joked.
And in Dunedin, the local council joked it had named a street after visiting pop star Ed Sheeran.
