Thursday
30Oct2008
Long-Delayed 'Fanboys' Gets a Familiar Poster
Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 1:37PM
The Weinstein Company is not Miramax, although I suppose
that's a common mistake, especially since both companies are still around. A few
years ago, Bob and Harvey split from Disney after a pretty frigid couple of
years. How could that surprise anyone, really? 
Kudos to Cinematical for the poster
But the Weinsteins persevered and started their own company, and Disney maintained ownership of Miramax. And while the Weinsteins have attracted a great number of quality films in the past four years, I think they've done a pretty lousy job on the distribution end, dropping the ball on films like The Matador, Transamerica, Proof, Lucky Number Slevin, Grace is Gone, and Cassandra's Dream by not keeping them in theaters long enough or putting them in enough theaters to gain significant audiences.
The trend of questionable distribution has continued this awards season, with a recent announcement that the Weinstein Company will move five of its eight movies recently scheduled to debut in 2008 back to 2009, including the Oscar hopeful The Road.
One of the other films in that group is Fanboys, which fanboys have been looking forward to for some time. The movie, about a group of Star Wars nerds that sneak onto Skywalker Ranch to steal an early copy of The Phantom Menace, began production almost three years ago, and its release date has been moved around like a foster child.
Good cast for this type of thing: Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, and Kristen Bell, plus a hell of a lot of cameos. And yet...it's been bounced to February 6, 2009. Maybe that one will stick.
You gotta love the poster, though, which implies so many things.
Kudos to Cinematical for the poster
Colin Boyd | Permalink | in Comedies, Fanboys, Posters | Print Article | Email Article | 2 Comments | Share Article
Reader Comments (2)
I thought this movie got released and I missed it. I didn't realize it was never released. I will be one of the Fanboys on line to see it. That's fo' so'.
That poster is pure genius