'Fanboys' Pushed to 2008; Director is "Devastated" and "So Excited" at the Same Time
Filed under: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, The Weinstein Co., Comic/Superhero/Geek
You're all a bunch of intelligent and well-informed movie nerds, so try to answer this question for me: When (MOVIE X) gets bumped out of a release date and is promptly rescheduled for next January, what does that usually mean? A) The movie's really awesome and the distributor wants it to be the only good movie to hit screens during the "dump" season, B) The movie's really crappy and the distributor wants to dump it quietly when nobody will notice it, or C) The delay is because the backers are SO thrilled with the flick that they're giving the director some extra money for reshoots.Filmmaker Kyle Newman is insisting that "C" is the correct answer, thus explaining why you won't be able to see the Star Wars-centric comedy Fanboys until the first month of 2008. (The previous release date was August 17.) The director goes a little bi-polar in an email to TheForce.net. First he's devastated ("I am devastated") and then he's excited ("I am so excited") but the bottom line is that you fanboys will have to wait a little bit longer for your self-titled comedy. For those who haven't seen the trailer yet: Fanboys is about a bunch of late-'90s movie nerds who go on a cross-country road trip in an effort to steal a pre-release print of The Phantom Menace. Could make for a clever little comedy, but I'm a little skeptical of the trailer, which makes the flick look like a painful cross between Wild Hogs and Detroit Rock City. I just don't see what sleeping-bag homophobia and forced stripping has to do with Star Wars fandom.
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5-18-2007 @ 8:41PM
Cyberphin said...
Sadly my friend who has only months to live will not live to see this.
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5-18-2007 @ 9:22PM
scotty said...
Sounds like dump city to me. It sounds like they're reshooting not because they want to add more material but to replace footage already shot. Since it's supposed to be a nerd comedy, maybe a lot of the jokes fell flat during a test screening held in Nowhere, OH.
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5-18-2007 @ 10:19PM
stephen said...
@Cyberphin
are you having a laugh? because that is part of the plot of this movie. they want to steal the phantom menace so their dying friend can see it.
@Scott Weinberg
this movie looks brilliant. anything featuring jay baruchel, kritstin bell, chris marquette, sam huntington, and seth rogan as a crazy trekkie has my money no questions asked.
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5-19-2007 @ 10:07AM
Cyberphin said...
yes, I laugh in your general direction.
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5-20-2007 @ 6:06AM
d said...
oh big surprise - gay jokes! LOL LOL LOL oh so funny, i've never seen those before! this is great! Picard's GAY, hahaha..
Sleeping bag gay jokes - oh man so original, where's the wild hogs cast to join in on the shot!
loser writer...
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5-26-2007 @ 5:55PM
TeeJay said...
Guys, don't judge the movie by the very comedy-heavy trailer. It really has way more substance than what that trailer on IESB (and on the Clerks DVD) suggests. Or at least that's what I can say with conviction now. Don't know what's up with the re-shoots and all that. Sounds a little fishy, but maybe it is what it is: Kyle got more money to make the movie even better. Or at least that's what I'm hoping for.
-TeeJay
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