Hollywood in recent years has raced to mine the Internet for raw talent capable of crossing over to traditional platforms like movies and television, the places where the real money is still made. Those efforts have largely failed. Another pair of YouTube sensations, Ryan Higa and Sean Fujiyoshi, tried with “Ryan and Sean’s Not So Excellent Adventure” last year, for instance, but it never took off. What works on the Web — rough-edged intimacy, quick bites — just doesn’t seem to translate onto bigger screens.
But the director-producer Brian Robbins (“Norbit,” “Varsity Blues”), United Talent Agency and a management company called the Collective are giving it a go with Mr. Cruikshank. “Fred: The Movie,” written by David A. Goodman, an executive producer of “Family Guy,” started filming in November for a 2010 release. Pixie Lott, a budding British singer and actress, is the co-star.
What in the flying fuck is going on here? Are we really about to turn this very annoying web video character into a feature length star? While the production team of “the guy behind Norbit” and “a producer of Family Guy” seems like it would be a guaranteed smash hit for any film, I have what some would call “MY MOTHER FUCKING DOUBTS”. Maybe I’m just caught up being a cynic and not seeing all the possibilities this crossover will create.
I take that back, it was logic I was choked up on. Silly logic…
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by Mike Davis
(photo and source - NY Times , hat tip to Dan Hacker)
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