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Official press release from the Weinstein
Company:
THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FILM “FANBOYS” TO HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING
ON JULY 24TH DURING COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL 2008
Tickets to be Given Away to the First 300 People in Line at the
Lucasfilm 7th Annual Star Wars Movie Challenge Awards held in San Diego.
Trigger Street Productions and The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced
today that the highly anticipated film “Fanboys” will have an exclusive
screening of the film during this year’s Comic-Con International Convention.
Tickets will be given away to the first 300 people in line at the
Lucasfilm’s 7th Annual Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge Awards, held on July
24th at 8:30pm in Ballroom 20 at the San Diego Convention Center. During the
Awards Ceremony director Kyle Newman will introduce select footage from the
film, providing fans a sneak peak of the full-length feature to be shown at
10:30pm that same evening.
In the preceding months, Star Wars fans across the globe had
generated a remarkable grassroots campaign, demonstrating unanimous support
for the main character’s battle with cancer to remain in the storyline of
the film. In response to this widespread zeal, the filmmakers incorporated
extensive feedback into the final cut.
“I could not be more excited that ‘Fanboys’ is being released this
September and is the version of the film that the fans want,” said “Fanboys”
producer Kevin Spacey. “I am enormously grateful to Jedi Knight Harvey
Weinstein for having allowed Trigger Street to restore “Fanboys” to its
original story and am thrilled that it will first screen during Comic-Con.
We believe in this film and are honored that George Lucas and all his team
gave us permission to film Skywalker Ranch and let us have so much fun with
Star Wars. We also have a couple of surprises in the film that I think will
bring added enjoyment to all the fans of Lucas' great and epic movies and
Trigger Street is proud to have produced this film and to have kept the dark
side at bay.”
“Speaking for everyone involved in the project, we are truly grateful
for all the passion the fans have shown the film,” stated director Kyle
Newman. “Their support has been nothing short of phenomenal and I couldn't
think of a better place in the world than San Diego during Comic-Con to
unveil the final cut of ‘Fanboys.’”
“If this movie doesn’t show that Lucasfilm has a sense of humor, nothing
will!” said Howard Roffman, President of Lucas Licensing. “We were happy to
give them permission to have some fun with Star Wars and salute our
incredible fans at the same time.”
Set in 1998 the film, starring Jay Baruchel (“Knocked Up,” “Million
Dollar Baby”), Tony Award Winner Dan Fogler (“Kung Fu Panda,” “The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”), Sam Huntington (“Superman Returns,”
“Not Another Teen Movie”), Chris Marquette (“The Girl Next Door,” “Another
World”), and Kristen Bell (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Pulse”) is a
heart-warming comedy that follows a group of young, passionate Star Wars
fans on a cross-country quest to break into George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch
and watch “Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace,” before it’s released.
“Fanboys” is a production of Trigger Street Productions and Picture
Machine. The film is directed by Kyle Newman and produced by Kevin Spacey,
Dana Brunetti, Evan Astrowsky and Matthew Perniciaro. The script was written
by Ernest Cline, Adam Goldberg, and Dan Pulick. Kevin Mann served as
executive producer.
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