Pineapple Express is a comedy movie.
David Gordon Green . In 2008 , he transitioned into comedy , directing the films Pineapple Express and Your Highness , as well as episodes of the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down . Pineapple Express is a 2008 American stoner action comedy film directed by David Gordon Green , written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco .