Coconut express
M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes’ anchors the trailer for Pineapple Express, a weed smuggler comedy by the Superbad crew. The trailer is sync’d to the gunshots and cash register samples in Maya’s track. She’s also licensed tracks for the B-movie War and a Honda ad.
Seth Rogen stars. James Franco plays against type as a long-haired stoner, like Brad Pitt’s smoky, munchie-afflicted turn in True Romance. Here’s the redband trailer (NSFW):
on Sunday, April 20th, 2008, 1:56 am in Film, M.I.A., Music, Video clips › 
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Good ol’ ‘thumb is my cock’ gag. Gets me every time.
The big question is… will this be better than H&K2?
I blame her recording company. They hold rights to her music, not Maya.