Attack of the Fan Boys
Filed under: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, RumorMonger, Fandom, Scripts, The Weinstein Co., Weinstein Brothers
Not to be outdone by Star Trek’s geek culture movie homage Free Enterprise, Star Wars now has a fan boy centered movie in the works, aptly titled Fan Boy. Cinescape is reporting that The Weinstein
I don’t know how I feel about this announcement. I am a long time Star Wars fan and generally enjoy laughing at the antics of wacky fan boys, but I’m not sure if I can stomach an entire movie full of it. If I had to codify my current feelings, I’d say I was “cautiously optimistic.” You?
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10-31-2005 @ 7:04PM
The Jeremy said...
You know, I think I've seen this film before. Back in 1992, it was called *Breaking the Rules* and it starred Annie Potts and Jason Bateman. So all this film does is re-imagine the original film and have the roadtrip/pilgrimage end at the mecca that is known as Skywalker Ranch.*
I guess it doesn't take much to sell a screenplay these days in Hollywood.
*Did the writers get the memo that most of the stuff at Skywalker Ranch was relocated to the Presidio in San Francisco?
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10-31-2005 @ 7:22PM
Anita said...
I love anything that Kevin Spacey is involved in.
I think it is a great idea and looking forward to
seeing it.
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10-31-2005 @ 7:55PM
Elrond Hobbert said...
This is an old script that has been kicking around Hollywood for nearly a decade now. The characters are trying to break in and watch
The Phantom Menace(!) before it's released- no joke. What's next, a film about trekkies dying for opening day Star Trek Nemesis? Oy.
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