EXCLUSIVE: Poster for 'Run, Fatboy, Run'
Filed under: New Releases, New Line, Movie Marketing, Posters

Just a few days from the Toronto International Film Festival, and the posters are coming out of the woodwork. Picturehouse was kind enough to provide us with an exclusive first peek at the spandy-new poster (click the image for a bigger view) for former Friend David Schwimmer's feature directorial debut (he has quite a bit of TV stuff under his belt), Run, Fatboy, Run. The film stars Simon Pegg as Dennis, a chunky, uninspired loser who gets cold feet and dumps his hot girlfriend, Libby (Thandie Newton) on their wedding day -- and then spends the next five years regretting it. He finally decides to win Libby back from her new, wealthy and handsome love, Whit (Hank Azaria), but first he has to get in shape and win a marathon to prove to Libby that he's a changed man.
Sounds like a great date flick to me. Like Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin, it has the appeal of an average-looking Everyguy with a very attractive woman -- guys like to cheer for guys like that, and women clearly find them appealing as well, if Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow are any indication. The geek factor could definitely give the film a box office edge, especially if there's good buzz at TIFF. I've always like Schwimmer as an actor, and I'm really curious to see how he directs this film. What do you think of the poster? The film opens in the US on October 26; until then, you'll have to satisfy your curiousity with the film's official website, which has a trailer for the film, and
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-30-2007 @ 11:40AM
rubeebiscuits said...
Except Simon Pegg isn't average looking. He's ****ing HOT.
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8-30-2007 @ 12:24PM
will said...
"Except Simon Pegg isn't average looking. He's ****ing HOT."
HELL YES!
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8-30-2007 @ 12:35PM
will said...
"Except Simon Pegg isn't average looking. He's ****ing HOT."
Hell yes!
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8-30-2007 @ 3:44PM
Ryan said...
...and the poster looks very good.
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8-30-2007 @ 4:21PM
Brian said...
The question is, will Thandie Newton star in the sequel, "Eat, Skeleton-Girl, Eat"??
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8-30-2007 @ 5:30PM
Allen K said...
"The question is, will Thandie Newton star in the sequel, "Eat, Skeleton-Girl, Eat"??"
You win the world.
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8-30-2007 @ 8:49PM
Kaitlin Hess said...
Thandie Newton looks emaciated , as USUAL.
C'mon, they could have done us a favor and airbrushed some flesh on her body.
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9-02-2007 @ 12:59PM
mina said...
I can't wait to see this film it looks like a lot of fun.
Simon Pegg will deliver a top performance, I'm sure.
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