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Weinstein Company producing Star Wars "Fanboys" movie (no joke)

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Check this out. It was on imdb pro:

Geek squad: Four join 'Fanboys'
1 Feb 2006 10:15am EST - By Borys Kit
Kristen Bell, Jay Baruchel, Chris Marquette and Sam Huntington are in final negotiations to play Star Wars geeks in Fanboys, a comedic drama that Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street is producing for the Weinstein Co. Kyle Newman is making his directorial debut on the feature. The movie, written by Adam F. Goldberg and Ernest Cline, follows four Star Wars fanboys -- geek parlance for extreme fans -- from the Midwest who drive across the country to honor the wish of their dying friend: to see the yet-unreleased Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace in its most optimal setting, George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. Dan Fogler already has been cast as one of the geeks, a hot-headed pizza boy. Shooting is scheduled to begin Feb. 22 in New Mexico. Visit HollywoodReporter.com for more ...
George Lucas was seduced by the dark side. The OOT ceased to exist in his mind and became the Special Editions...." "They're more maching now than movies. Twisted and evil."
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That sucks. I had an idea for something similar, except my idea was a group of friends going to confront Lucas at Skywalker Ranch over Lucas' changes in the original trilogy instead of looking for a place to watch a movie. It would have been like Get Shorty if they couldn't actually get Shorty to be in the movie and shoot it on a shoestring budget. It would have been called "George Lucas is Pissing on My Childhood", or "George Lucas is Killing My Childhood" if the MPAA had a problem with the first one.
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I can only guess the surprise ending when the dying friend actually sees Episode One!
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Where were you in '77?

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Heh. This would be the only logical thing...

"Mesa Jar-Jar Binks!"
"GEORGE! Why have you forsaken me?! (exhales)"

"The things that stick in my mind and make me laugh were, like, memos worried about whether or not the Wookie should have pants. They're looking at this thing and saying, "Couldn't he have some lederhosen?" This is great. Of all the things to worry about, the Wookie has no pants." -Mark Hamill
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itll suck if no one mentions how much they hated the SE, or at least joke about lucas' changes
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Never trust the Weinstein brothers.

Always two there are...
There's good in the Original Trilogy, and it's worth fighting for.
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