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McG Herds 'Nerds' Director
Kyle Newman will helm '80s remake
May 1, 2006

McGProducers McG and David Manpearl have found their man to direct the entirely unnecessary upcoming remake of "Revenge of the Nerds."

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Fox Atomic production will be helmed by Kyle Newman (no relation to Mad spokesman Alfred E.). The project will now reteam Newman with screenwriter Adam F. Goldberg, who worked together on the upcoming geekfest "Fanboys."

Fox Atomic is, as you might guess, the new young-adult genre division over at Fox Filmed Entertainment. "Nerd," likely to go into production this summer, would be the first Atomic production to make it into theaters.

Released in 1984, the original "Revenge of the Nerds" was released in 1984. A surprise hit, the comedy made more than $40 million and was followed by several sequels. Not surprisingly, the plot involved a group of, um, nerds who got, well, revenge on the jocks and frat boys who tormented them.

The remake has a bit of extra star power behind the camera in the form of co-producers Bret Harrison ("The Loop") and Adam Brody ("The O.C.).

Other credits for Newman include the telefilm "The Hollow."

http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-r … 7049.story

Deb

'Nerd' alert: Newman on Fox remake

Kyle Newman has signed on to direct Fox Atomic's "Revenge of the Nerds." McG and David Manpearl are producing the remake of the seminal teen comedy from 1984. The film reteams Newman with scribe Adam F. Goldberg, who is rewriting the latest "Nerds" incarnation. The pair worked together on Newman's upcoming "Fanboys," which will be distributed by the Weinstein Co. (Tatiana Siegel)

Yes, the first GA is tonight.  And Anne was right, his name was Denny.  But I can't see Chris as that character.  If I he me druthers, I'd prefer him in another romantic lead role on a TV show.  Otherwise, we're never gonna have another character to fall for so hard as we did with Adam.  And that's a damn shame.  I'd trade James and Marc and Mason --- all of his recurring roles combined --- for just one more Adam-like regular role.

It's not out of the question that he might do it again someday.  Many shows would love to have him I'll bet.  Someday something interesting that a friend is producing or directing will come up.  Or maybe he'll get offered a part on some really huge or really special show, and the time will be right.  Maybe when he marries and/or has kids.  He'd probably want to be home as much as possible instead of traveling all the time.  He might take another show then.  Doesn't help us right now, I know.

What I'd like to see him do in lieu of a regular role, is take every cool, quirky guest role on TV that he can get, like he did as a kid, and like Sean's doing now.  Michael Welch does so many guest roles, he's becoming a HITG (hey, it's THAT guy!).  Doing that sort of thing would allow Chris to shoot closer to home and it would still be different all the time and he'd be meeting new people the way he loves to.

Hell, these days, you see more interesting writing on TV than you do in film.  Especially on cable shows like Huff.  He could be on Weeds, The Brotherhood, The L Word, The Wire, any of these edgy shows.  He'd get tons of exposure.  People would really start to take note of him.  Wouldn't that be fun?

Deb

No, you won't be at my place next Tuesday.  But I'll be taping it since I am a fan of Anton's for years, after all.

Deb

My Chrissue today was that I'm sick and I couldn't go to work and had to go to a doctor and wait in a noisy store for prescriptions and I was in pain so I couldn't think about Chris all day. 

I feel better now, so he's creeping back into my thoughts.

Deb

It's possible to not be Hispanic and be named Rodriguez.  But it's highly unlikely to be named Jorge Luiz Rodriguez and NOT be.  I still say I bet papa's Cuban because of the Stuart, Florida connection.

Deb

She's probably 16.  Give her a break.  Hoefully, she'll understand enough English to get the "we're not official" and "we don't know Chris" parts of the email.  I know it's annoying in a way, but it could be worse.  It could be an "I wanna beat him up" troll.

Deb

Look familiar anyone?

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Deb

Did you save every single pic of the CDs?  I didn't.  Too many of them were too similar and I thought, hey, I can always look back at the CDs anytime I want to.

Deb

Which shot is that Anne?

Deb

Well, ok, what if the "attractive vollyball player" isn't a girl?