Fanboys

TheCentralScrutinizer · 15 Jan 08 :: 05:41

According Ain't It Cool News, Fanboys might be undergoing some serious changes.
The site states that on Tuesday and Wednesday in Burbank, two versions of the film will be screened and the audience decide which will prevail.
The film has been turned over to Judd Apatow's camp and, apparently, they've been doing reshoots for the past few weeks and one of the big things they're changing is the main plot point.
Originally, the film was to be about a group of kids who travel to Skywalker Ranch to steal a copy of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace before it was released in theaters. They did this so their friend who was dying of cancer could see it, since he wouldn't live to see it in the theaters. Now it seems that the entire cancer sub-plot has been axed - according to Harry at AICN, by Harvey Weinstein, not Apatow himself.
None of this has been confirmed as of yet, and we'll keep you posted if more updates surface.

Source: http://www.movieweb.com/news/10/25710.php

HARVEY WEINSTEIN MUST DIE!!!

notsofairytale · 15 Jan 08 :: 06:27

I second that, Deb. Since it hasn't been confirmed, there's still hope!

Chnyst · 15 Jan 08 :: 06:28

Thanks for sending me the link Deb.

I found more stuff at AICN:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35273

The Weinsteins effing the f out of FANBOYS?!?

Hey, guys. "Moriarty" here.

Just to clarify something... Judd Apatow is NOT involved with this in any way, shape, or fashion.

Shauna Robertson, his producer, is. It's not a package deal. Shauna's the one helping to re-edit this, and it's not because the Weinsteins forced it. I think there's a real push happening here to find a version of the movie that makes everyone happy.

Also, there was no new writing done for these reshoots. Everything was either done as improv, or old pages from the eight gajillion drafts of this were used. No new writing was done by anyone.

I'll have a full report on all things FANBOYS later this week to sort out what's real, what was reshot, and what may eventually find its way to theaters. Anyway... back to it...

Hey folks, Harry here... I saw the original version of FANBOYS, a long long time ago. The movie that existed prior to all this apparent tampering - which I've heard isn't at Apatow's crews behest, but at the hands of Harvey Weinstein himself. What I loved about FANBOYS was that the film wasn't just a 'yuckfest' but actually had a heart and a soul to it. Like most FANBOYS themselves, the movie was about the friendship and the possible loss of a friend that made the boys stand up and take on the impossible. The word I've heard is that this Tuesday and Wednesday in Burbank at 7:30pm both versions of the film are being test screened and they're going to give it up to the audience to decide which version to release... the one that has them go on this mission for a reason... or just for the fuck of it. It'll be sad if we lose the soul of this movie. We'll just have to wait and see.
Hey guys,
I have a friend close to the Fanboys production who says some things are going on with it, that I thought you'd like to know about.
Apparently Judd Apatow and his co-producer Shauna Robertson have gotten involved with the movie and are making some big changes and were involved with some re-shoots about two weeks ago.
I've got more about it at my blog:
http://the-cinemaniac.blogspot.com/2008 … -bits.html

I'll add the full post below, feel free to quote what you want and link to my blog.

As I said in he comments section yesterday I was recently informed of some goings on with Fanboys, which apparently haven't been reported elsewhere.

Apparently Judd Apatow's production company has picked up Fanboys and he and co-producer Shauna Robertson have apparently taken the movie under their wing and are making a lot of changes and were doing re-shoots about 2-3 weeks ago.

I love the Apatow crew and with the exception of "Walk Hard" have enjoyed their movies. But I'm hoping they don't turn this into a "hard" R-rated comedy as the footage I saw was very sweet and was easily PG-13 (it might possibly end up being R, but not because every other word is a cuss word, so please keep it that way). From what I saw the movie didn't need reworking, which is apparently what the Apatow crew are doing.

Rumors are that one of the big changes would rework the entire plot of the movie and would honestly highly disappoint me.

The story follows a group of friends who try to break in Skywalker Ranch to steal a copy of Star Wars Episode 1. The reason they finally agree to do it is because one of the friends in dying of cancer and won't live to see it in theaters. Apparently the Apatow people have done research which says most people won't laugh for 5 or 10 minutes after cancer is mentioned so they want to do away with the entire cancer subplot and I've heard they have a version which edited out the entire cancer plot.

This means it's just a group of punk kids breaking into Skywalker Ranch to steal a movie to see it before it comes out. Why would I root for these kids to steal the film, if the noble reason for doing it is gone?

Judd if you read this, I'm all for more jokes and more money to make the film better, but for heaven's sake, please don't edit out the cancer plot. If you take this point away, you get rid of the heart of the film. The entire reason these kids go on this adventure is because they want their friend to see the movie before he succumbs to cancer. I understand cancer kills comedy, but a movie can have a 5 minute recovery period, it's okay! (Apparently some of the actors aren't happy with this either so maybe ask them about it)

Hopefully this version of the film has already been shot down and all these rumors will be for not, but if so I hope fan outpouring can change their minds.

Chnyst · 15 Jan 08 :: 06:31

I guess we can hope that the test audiences LOVE the cancer storyline. I wonder if they will take bribes...or succumb to threats??

TeeJay · 15 Jan 08 :: 10:15

Chnyst wrote:

I guess we can hope that the test audiences LOVE the cancer storyline. I wonder if they will take bribes...or succumb to threats??

LOL. How much money do you need? Maybe I can throw in the new computer I just ordered? My Weinstein voodoo doll will get a full workout today.

And, YES, I really hope people are smart and will go for the "cancer version" of the movie. Question is, will they show both versions to the same people?

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 15 Jan 08 :: 16:21

Most of the people on IMDb who say they have passes, only have passes for one of the two versions. MaraJade has passes for Wednesday night. She said she heard they'd show the original version tonight and the re-edit tomorrow night.

But I wondered something last night: What if the test audience chooses the "cancer version" and Fat Bastard decides to release "his" version anyway? I mean he spent all that money. Why should he let people so meaningless as "audiences" decide which version he puts out there? I think we'll get whatever daddy says we'll get.

Hmmmm, I wonder which actors are unhappy? Maybe the one who's getting screwed YET AGAIN?!?

I'm spittin' nails today, boys and girls. I just wish I could spit them right into Fat Bastard's eyes!

magicalturkey · 15 Jan 08 :: 16:54

I just searched around for him, ended up on his IMDb. Almost EVERYONE is mad at this dude about something.

Here's the names of some threads people started: "what the f*** is wrong with him?" "Raise your hands if you want Harvey to stop butchering Asian cinema" *raises hand* all cinema please! "was a smart guy at one time" "the real has-been" "The worst things he's ever done" "Has he learned nothing from his dad?" "This guy is so annoying!" and finally "pillow pants"

Those are all just on the first page. There's also a thread where someone asked his email address, someone replied pillsbury@doughboy.com

TheCentralScrutinizer · 15 Jan 08 :: 17:05

Yeah, he's both hated and feared. Mostly hated these days since his little studio is sucking wind and he has almost no real power in Hollywood anymore.

TeeJay · 15 Jan 08 :: 17:54

We are already raving mad, I don't wanna imagine how mad the actors and Kyle and Adam and Ernie are. They put way more love and work into this project than we ever did.

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 15 Jan 08 :: 19:35

Check this out from MaraJade...

...Yes, I do have hope that the Weinsteins wouldn't have spent all the money to prepare two different versions of the film, and to screen them to audiences in LA, if they seriously weren't interested in finding out which version of the film will appeal the most to their target age group of 13-34. You have to be within that age range to see the screening in LA by the way. Or you can be older and bring someone who is 13-17 with you. Like I said, I hope the Tuesday audience (cancer -version) rates the film highly, and that the Wednesday audience (non-cancer) rates the film poorly. At the very least, I'm hoping both versions will be on the DVD.

See Sean, I wasn't too far off saying they were gonna screen it for 12-year-olds. How sick is that I wouldn't even be able to get in the damn movie because of my advanced age?!?

Chnyst · 16 Jan 08 :: 02:48

I think it is obvious that Star Wars and CM fans come in at ALL ages! Frickin' Harvey Wine-stain

Chnyst · 16 Jan 08 :: 02:55

I've prepared an illustration that I think explains a lot about the situation:

TheCentralScrutinizer · 16 Jan 08 :: 03:08

LOL! That just about sums it up, Sean! MaraJade also said that they're more or less making you PROVE you're young enough to get in too.

justme · 16 Jan 08 :: 03:15

If an adult brings a kid are they not allowed to fill out one of the cards?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 16 Jan 08 :: 03:22

Good question, Carol. I wonder!

justme · 16 Jan 08 :: 03:33

Cuz I could wrestle the kid to the ground and take the card.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 16 Jan 08 :: 03:48

LOL! that's what everyone outside the demo should do.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 16 Jan 08 :: 04:57

I hope the change in storyline doesn't get filmed instead. Stupid people!!!

TheCentralScrutinizer · 16 Jan 08 :: 05:01

It's already filmed. That's what they're screening tomorrow night.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 16 Jan 08 :: 05:05

Changing things is going to ruin it. Just like The Invisible, they have to change things for the worse.

Mutant_Enemy_Girl · 16 Jan 08 :: 07:03

I just saw Deb's bulletin on MySpace. So they really are going to have him live? Why? Okay, that's just a bad story. I thought that one of the main plot lines is that they want to see the movie before Linus dies or gets too sick. What else have they changed in the movie? Is it still going to be about Star Wars?!:rolleyes:

Last edited by Mutant_Enemy_Girl (16 Jan 08 :: 07:03)

TheCentralScrutinizer · 16 Jan 08 :: 07:18

Scroll up and read a the posts from the last couple of days, Meg. It's all there and it's maddening!

TeeJay · 16 Jan 08 :: 10:21

You know... I have a feeling that even if the audience votes for the cancer version of the movie, Harvey might still go for the non-cancer one. Like Deb said, if H. has made up his mind, who's a bunch of 13-year-old kids to tell him differently? But what's even worse is, if the test audience decides in favor of the non-cancer version, then H. will most probably blame everything on the audience. And that'll include us. Then he has every justification so say: The viewers wanted to see that version! How much would that suck??

And how is this supposed to be a voting anyway? If they do it in a way where they only show one version of the movie to an audience and the other version to a whole other audience, how can people decide what version they like better? I don't understand how they're gonna go about this. Do they just hand out a questionnaire? What if only half of one audience answers it in the one version and 90% of the audience of the other version answer theirs? How is that supposed to be a fair assessment? This all stinks to high heaven. There might still be a glimmer of hope for them to go with the cancer version, but I'm losing faith by the minute.

What I'd really love to do is write Kyle Newman a very honest and very outspoken message, just telling him what we're all thinking and how we can imagine he's just as unhappy about the whole thing and if he knows someone at the Weinstein Co. we can write a letter so. Because if it was the last thing I'd do to support this movie, I'd at least do that.

-TeeJay

Chnyst · 16 Jan 08 :: 17:03

Just like Tina said->It doesn't make sense to me how they show the cancer version to one audience and the non-cancer version to a different audience.
That's like taking the Pepsi challenge and only tasting one of the sodas!

TheCentralScrutinizer · 16 Jan 08 :: 23:36

A comment from AICN that I would love to be true, actually...

don't really care...
by milla jovovich Jan 14th, 2008
05:05:10 PM
because it's just a dumbass rumor. you really think the f'ing Weinsteins off all people would spend more, let alone ENOUGH, money to change a film that much, especially a film that's been in the can as long as this one has? it's just a rumor, boys, and a publicity stunt to boot. you're simply playing into it.

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