Bass Fishing Hits the Big Screen ... Again
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If you're one of those people burned out from the steaming pile of nonsense Hollywood has churned out over the past few years, then boy do I have a treat for you. You want action? You want adventure? You want non-stop combat, complete with some of the most creative death-defying moves ever witnessed before on the big screen? Well, then you'll most certainly want to see The Bass Master -- a new comedy, picked up by Lionsgate, which delves deep inside the high-octane world of competitive bass fishing. I'll pause for a moment while you catch your breath ...
Ready? Okay. Tab Murphy (Tarzan, My Best Friend Is a Vampire) and Devin Maurer wrote the script, and Todd Garner will produce through his Broken Road Prods. Now, The Bass Master is not to be confused with the video game or that other Bass fishing flick (wait, there's actually two of them?) that Martha told us about last August. No, that film is based on the autobiography of one Mike Iaconelli (I believe he has tattoos which cause him to yell a lot) and called Fishing on the Edge: The Mike Iaconelli Story. Because what good is fishing if you're not fishing on the edge?
Here's my question to you: Is bass fishing so insane that we need two feature films about the sport?
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1-11-2007 @ 8:51AM
Rich said...
It just might be taht insane, but I really do not see these two movies being that similar. The IKE movie will likely try to be serious being that its a biography type and the more recent will likely be a bit more comical, maybe even a mockumentry of sorts....
Rich
Rich's Bassin' Blog
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1-11-2007 @ 5:03PM
Devin Maurer said...
Hey cynical dipstick, you ever seen a grown man cry over a fish. You ever seen a man so engrossed, so obsessed, so possessed, he screams bloody murder, humpty dances around his $50,000 bass boat, or hurls a 12-ought treble hook at a competitors groin in a fit of rage?
I'm guessing you haven't.
I'm also guessing you've never seen 40,000 people (or more) crowded into a coliseum to watch overweight dudes weigh a fish. Add in the Hooter's girls, million dollar stakes, and few dozen half-racks of Coors Light, and if that's not fodder for some great comedy, than what the hell is?
If you don't believe us, check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3TnyeuaXY
Love and Best Wishes,
Devin and Tab
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1-12-2007 @ 1:07PM
Erik Davis said...
Dipstick? C'mon, I wasn't too hard on your film. And no, I was not aware of how popular the sport is -- I live in New York City, we're not big bass fishing fanatics. And you're right, it does have comedic potential. I'd be curious to know what you're angle is -- will Will Ferrell star as the bass fisher who hit some hard times and wants one more shot at redemption? Or will ... wait, that's probably the only angle available, huh?
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1-15-2007 @ 1:32PM
Matt23 said...
I like your blog. Bass Fishing is great.
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1-15-2007 @ 1:38PM
Bass Fishing said...
That will be an interesting movie.
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