Nov 4 2008 May the 'Fanboys' Trailer be with You (Remember That, from 'Star Wars'?)
After years of delays, it looks like Fanboys, the story of a group of kids breaking into the Skywalker Ranch to give their friend a screening of The Phantom Menace before he dies of cancer, might finally be released. Last week, a new poster turned up, and now there's a trailer, with an ostensible release date and everything. It basically looks like a Road Trip, except what that film lacked in Star Wars references, Fanboys makes up for in... uh... Star Wars references.
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Oct 31 2008 'Fanboys are Old and Sexless' Poster
OK, I don't get it. The plot of Fanboys is a group of kids breaking into the Skywalker Ranch to give their friend a screening of The Phantom Menace before he dies of cancer, so I get the Darth Vader part. Referencing Darth Vader makes sense. But why the 40-Year-Old Virgin parody? For a movie that so embraces geekiness, it seems out-of-character to be pointing out the perpetual virginity of fanboys. Also, it's redundant. Of course a guy in a Darth Vader mask isn't having sex. We all know the Boba Fetts are getting all the real P action.
'Fanboys' Poster Premiere [Cinematical]
