Nerds Remake on Indefinite Hold?
Filed under: Comedy, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Remakes and Sequels
A scooper who goes by the dubious handle "Kentucky Redneck" sent a rather interesting email in to the folks over at Moviehole. Redneck had a good bit to say about the progress on the remake of Revenge of the Nerds (which just recently finished casting); following are the basic thoughts he shared:- Nerds is now officially on hiatus, and nobody really knows when it will pick up again. After ten days of waiting, everybody involved was sent home.
- Kyle Newman (the director who put together Fanboys) managed to shoot for one whole week before everything stopped. Newman is certainly unhappy, but what can a somewhat rookie director do about it?
- The studio and Newman himself are rather unhappy with the location in Atlanta. Apparently, the executive producer had just finished up another film there and pushed hard for the big A. If Nerds manages to get back on track, expect it to be somewhere else.
- Rumors also suggest director Kyle Newman may be getting sacked. No surprise there -- when a film stoppage occurs rumors like this will always pop up.
Like most geeks, I've got strong hopes for Kyle Newman because of his Fanboys project. Maybe somebody should tell him losing this gig might not be a terrible idea.
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11-02-2006 @ 12:47PM
EO said...
Aw darn.
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11-02-2006 @ 3:07PM
Erik Davis said...
It has to be Newman. Perhaps this was too big of a project for the young director to take on and he's found himself a bit over his head. I mean, a little pic called Fanboys is one thing, but the much-hyped remake of a classic comedy is a whole different monster.
Seeing as we haven't yet seen anything from this guy as far as feature-length material is concerned, I won't defend him -- however, I was sort of looking forward to this new take on a classic franchise.
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11-03-2006 @ 6:40PM
moovyphreak said...
According to the following article at CHUD.com, the production didn't shut down because the studio didn't trust the director, but rather because Emory College (of Emory University) got up in arms about the raunchy content of the film and backed out of their deal with Fox Atomic, the new Gen-Y arm of 20th Century Fox.
http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=7948
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11-04-2006 @ 7:45PM
poot said...
I was an extra on this film for 3 weeks. They did get several scenes in the can. They shot non-stop for about 3 weeks. The word locally around Agnes Scott College (where most of the shooting took place) was that the students and faculty were tired of being inconvenienced by the shooting itself. The whole deal really sucks.
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