Boba Fett in Wired Magazine story on upcoming movie Fanboys
Post by valthonin on 04.02.08 7pm in Spotlight
As many Star Wars fans may know by now, Fanboys is an upcoming film giving homage to the Star Wars fan base. The film, once only a simple script that Harry Knowles had been promoting on his movie site Aint It Cool News, now has The Weinstein Company finacing the film.
The story is set in 1998 and centers on a road trip by a group of friends who literally can't wait until Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace hits theaters. They head to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch intent on sneaking a peek at a rough cut. They can't wait because one of the friends is dying of cancer and may not live to see the release of Episode I. Their road trip is like a geeky, illegal version of the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
That version of the film, however, has been changed. The studio thought that the film wouldn't be much of a comedy with cancer being mentioned.
"Have you seen the cancer version of this movie?" writes Steven Brill, the director of Little Nicky and Drillbit Taylor, in an email to an angry fan. "I have. It is unreleaseable. It would be irresponsible to release it." Brill was brought in to reshoot the film and erase any reference of cancer.
Rebellious fans have rallied under the banner Stop Darth Weinstein! They have begun spamming the email addresses of Weinstein employees and protested at the NYC and LA premiers of the Weinstein film Superhero Movie.
The release date of the movie is yet to be announced, and fans will try their hardest to get the Weinstein company to change the film back to its original form. The form that most beleive had heart, but now may just be another run-of-the-mill comedy. Only time will tell.
On a side note, a story more related to the BFFC was the picture of Boba Fett next to the actual article in Wired Magazine. It seems our Fett man was featured in the magazine, although it appears to be a fan made costume. The picture can be seen in the link.
On the blog Married to the Empire, you can see behind-the-scenes pictures of the Wired photo shoot, which include candid shots of a Boba Fett costumer from the 501st.
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That pic looks really familar, like a product shot for a bust. SIdeshow? Altmann's? Anyone?
— scasanov on 04.02.08It's an original photo for Wired shot by Dan Winters. Not from the same moment as the studio portrait, I'm sure this is the same Boba Fett costumer, in a behind the scenes shot: http://bp3.blogger.com/_0Ci_SZvOWA0/R55B3Xe6W0I/AAAAAAAABPk/dIM9BFFUJ9k/s1600-h/bobafettdressing.jpg
— aaron on 04.02.08Thanks for linking to my site! The photo shoot was a great experience for everyone; I just wish more photos of the 501st guys had ended up in the actual magazine. I wish I'd managed to catch a few more candids of the non-stormtrooper costumes, but I was primarily following my hubby around with the camera and helping him dress and undress from his TK costume. I'm glad Boba Fett made it in, especially as he was the only non-TK costumer to get a photo in the magazine. I'm sure that was quite disappointing to all the other guys who were dressed in Imperial costumes other than TK.
— Ewokgirl on 04.06.08Ewokgirl, you're very welcome! You've got a great site and I was glad to find such great blog coverage from you to supplement the Wired story.
— aaron on 04.12.08[…] /Film has a new review of the feature-length fan film called Fanboys. (See our 4/2008 post about Fanboys.) There's a note of a Boba Fett reference to being like director Michael Bay (Transformers, Bad Boys II): all style and no substance. […]
— Boba Fett is like Michael Bay? / News - The Boba Fett Fan Club on 09.20.08[…] The story is set in 1998 and centers on a road trip by a group of friends who literally can't wait until Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace hits theaters. They head to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch intent on sneaking a peek at a rough cut. They can't wait because one of the friends is dying of cancer and may not live to see the release of Episode I. (See our thorough news report from 4/2008 on Fanboys.) The February 9th release is a limited release, but may open to a wider and international audience. It will start in the following cities: […]
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