'Fanboys': Attack of the Clones?

There was a hell of a lot more talk about Fanboys not being released than there ever was about Fanboys after it was released. If you'll recall, it's a movie about Star Wars fanatics who break into Skywalker Ranch to steal a copy of The Phantom Menace in the months prior to its release. IFor well over a year, the film stayed on the shelf because of re-shoots, edits, re-edits, and finally, the whims of the Weinsteins. But when it finally arrived in theaters, it made less than a million dollars. One of the film's stars, Dan Fogler, says that director Kyle Newman is undaunted by performance of the movie and may be working on a sequel. Fogler tells Moviehole that Newman would probably eschew studio backing this time, for obvious reasons. "If you want to do it right, do it independently", the actor says, adding, "If he could come up with the right script, and get everyone together again, I would definitely do it." The setup, unsurprisingly, involves the same group of characters crashing the set of Attack of the Clones in Australia. I guess if you liked Fanboys you might be OK with this, but it does seem a bit repetitive, doesn't it? What's left to complete the trilogy, kidnapping Hayden Christensen? I think Newman should put some distance between his Star Wars affirmations; he does have a film called Emo Boy in development, but if he goes ahead with a Fanboys sequel, I think he'd be better served with Star Wars in the background, less a part of the central journey of the characters. I liked the cast - Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, and Kristen Bell - much more than the last 45 minutes of the plot. Surely, there's got to be a way to keep the characters alive without following the weaker Lucas trilogy film by film.

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I've followed this film and it's delays for at least the past year. I was excited the plot had real potential and then I saw it... and was disappointed (just like I was with the phantom menace).

The whole kidnapping Hayden Christainson plot line would work better if they did it to try and prevent him from doing episode 3