Almost the minute the movie This Is 40, a “sort-of sequel to Knocked Up,” hit theaters, the emails started pouring in from readers wanting to know more about the house in it.
Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s Pete and Debbie live in the same great house in Brentwood, California, that they did in the first movie.
Take a look!
The House from “This Is 40” and “Knocked Up”
“This Is 40” focuses on Pete and Debbie from “Knocked Up,” who live here.
My readers aren’t the only ones who thought the house was one of the best things about these movies.
Oscar-nominated set decorator Leslie Pope told The Hollywood Reporter, “It’s gotten quite a response.”
“Director Judd Apatow shot a good portion of the movie in a Brentwood house owned by producer Bryan Zuriff and his wife Monica. Apatow lives just up the street (‘Our kids are friends,’ says Zuriff), and the director had used their pad as the home of Rudd and Mann’s characters in 2007’s Knocked Up.”
Zuriff explains how they found his house in the first place:
“My sister-in-law is Giuliana Rancic, and in Knocked Up, Katherine Heigl played a character like her, and they went to E! to scout. The producers couldn’t find a house, and Giuliana was like, ‘You should call my brother-in-law.’”
They took over the house for 6 weeks to film the movie:
“Pope and production designer Jefferson Sage redecorated to suit the fictional family, which has two daughters. They decided on a palette of greens, corals and melons. ‘You want it to be fun and vibrant,’ says Pope. ‘That’s shorthand that this is a family with a lot of life.'”
They ditched the drab window treatments in the kitchen and family room that were there in the first movie.
All of the decorating was punched up a bit between the first and second and just looked fresher and more current.
It’s a big house with 6 bedrooms and 6,500 square feet.
They weren’t allowed to film upstairs in the house,
so some rooms were re-created on the Sony lot.
Oddly enough, in the new movie there was no sign of Katherine Heigl, who played Debbie’s sister and best friend in the first one.
In Knocked Up Katherine Heigl, who played Debbie’s sister and best friend, lived in their backyard pool house. No sign of her or the pool house in the sequel. Would have been nice to see how they’re using it now!
Check out The Hollywood Reporter article about it (photography by Jessica Chou).
Designer James Radin worked on this house and has photos of it in his portfolio.
Visit Radin’s website and check his portfolio under “Brentwood” to see them.
Visit my Houses Onscreen page to see the other movies I’ve featured, listed A-Z.
This is a beautiful home. It reminds me a bit of the Brentwood home that Ted Danson and Mary Steenburger own(ed?). I am looking forward to seeing “This is 40”. It looks very funny, from the pre-views I’ve seen.
That’s *Steenburgen! Pardon me. 🙂
Dream job=Production Designer!!
After Knocked Up, Katherine Heigl did some interviews where she said some not-very-nice things about the movie. She said it was “hard to love” because it was “a little sexist.” No way Judd Apatow was going to use her again.
Maybe that explains it! Wish they would have at least had the characters mention what happened to them, though.
I would have liked to know what happened to Alison and Ben too. Living in the pool house in a great neighborhood would have been more promising than moving back to his place.
I love this house! I recognized it from designer James Radin’s website, he worked on Something’s Gotta Give and It’s Complicated. It’s under his portfolio under Brentwood.
http://www.jamesradin.com
Thanks, Kelly! I just updated the post with the info.
I’m not much of a new movie watcher. I love old movies, but I did watch bits and pieces of ‘Knocked Up’ on cable, mostly because I like Katherine Heigl. I don’t know the name of that actor she played with (her one night stand/boyfriend), but the idea of her being with someone like him was so absurd and ridiculous to me that I didn’t enjoy the movie at all. I don’t remember the house. These pictures are very nice! Still….I think I’ll pass on the sequel. 😉
I have to agree–it was hard to believe she’d really fall for a guy like that. Really had to suspend my disbelief to get through that movie! Ha.
Such a gorgeous house.
I have been waiting for you to do this house everytime I watch this flim I keep thinking what fab house this is
I am tv & House crazy
Nice house, but there’s no way these characters could afford to own it, which is typical of the movies! I liked Knocked Up. This is 40 was disappointing. Not enough laughs and too much arguing!
I loved this house in This is 40 !!! My friends kept saying they could see me living in it. I thought the movie on the most part was hilarious. I was laughing so hard in some parts that I was crying !! Melissa McCarhty was great at the end.
What a nice house! Thank you for sharing it with us
Oh, I love this house! More and more, I’ m realizing I love neutral wall colors. Of course that house has many expensive details, but sometimes I feel that with strong wall colors, it’s all I notice. All in all, it’s just a gorgeous, “only in the movies” type of home. Great job! Thanks , Julia.
I love this house and their kitchen!! Especially the beadboard on the ceiling!
Even though this is a Hollywood house (well, Brentwood, actually, but you know what I mean) and two to three times the size of most average houses, it is decorated in ways accessible to many. Lots of good ideas here. I love the kitchen (though marble countertops are out of my range). My favorite look is the real house with the blue and white, and though I love the look of those pitchers on the shelves, it’s a little too decorated. More real, I think, is as shown in the movie houses with the mix of books and accessories. And I, for one, would definitely need room for books! I usually don’t like the look of a TV over the fireplace, but it looks nice and symmetrical here, and I like the painted paneling on the walls and the painted plank ceiling. I, too, am usually looking at the houses and decorating details in the movies as much as following the story itself, but, though I saw Knocked Up years ago, I didn’t remember this one. Thanks for the tour!
Julia, you just keep watching movies for us so you can take pictures and research about them. We give you permission! Really though, you really do your research so well such as the above post.You do the work so we don’t have to. Thank you!
Oh my goodness, this made my day!!! I have been asking you to do this house since I first diescovered your blog— thank you!!!! 🙂
I have loved this house since “Knocked Up”. It is truly my dream house– everything about it. I want to model every home project I do after it!!
When I saw a commercial for “This is 40” the first time I actually was excited to see that they were in the same house and that I would get to see more shots of it!
Great job, both Designer and Production!
Your site is wonderful, Julia! I recognized this lovely house right away when I saw the film’s trailer–it was on the Rancic reality show when GR visited her sister + also in House Beautiful. Such a sunny + welcoming family home. I always look forward to your posts–the sets are the best part of any movie for me + you have covered many of my favorite films. Have you written about Gosford Park? I watched that film again yesterday just to see the wallpaper in the bedrooms–if this is a sickness, I never want to be cured! Thanks for all of your hard work. -KKM
Thanks, Katie! I haven’t featured Gosford Park, but that’s a good one!
Does anybody know what the bedding is in the movie this is 40?
I love the turquoise and gold combination and would love to have this bedding in my house! Thank you
Did you ever find the bedding? I want it too! I’ve been searching the internet, but can’t find it.
Thank you for featuring this house! Didn’t see “This Is Forty” yet, but have loved it ever since “Knocked Up”. Wish my house had all those gorgeous huge windows!
Another great post Julia!
Thanks, Francesca! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Hi there,
Love this house! Do you have a floor plan? We are having a house built and would love to get my hands on the floor plans.
Thanks,
Debbie
Sorry, but I don’t.
Does anyone know what “architectural style” this house is? California cottage? Two-story Contemporary Colonial? When googling for similar house plans, I can’t seem to find the right style…..
I saw it referred to as colonial. There is a similar floor plan at https://providencehomes.ca/exceller.htm
It’s not exactly the same but it has the basic kitchen, eating area and family room layout. Hope this helps.
Thanks, Debbie!
just saw the movie “This is 40” and although the movie was very funny, I couldn’t take my eyes off that beautiful house. OMG! Mr. Radin really knows how to pull things together.
Hi, does anybody knows the artist GM that have done some of the prints on the wall? There is a black one with a man clapping, and a red one with a face on.