Mike Judge's new movie...

[bartleby]

...is apparently not too well thought of by its own studio.



It's opening September 1, 2006 in 125 theatres. Yes, that is this Friday. Have you seen a single commercial for it? A trailer? Even a poster? Any indication whatsoever that this movie is real and is being released in less than two days?

[YouStayClassy]

Wow, what's it called?

[CapnChaos]

Nope. But it doesn't suprise me given the way Fox blew off Office Space only to have it become huge on video.

I see this doing the same thing.

[Fake Pat]

i'm surprised it even came out at all. i'm pretty sure they've been sitting on it for a while now.

[CapnChaos]

Wow, what's it called?

Idiocracy, if I recall correctly. I'll have to see if I can find it in LA when I'm down there next week.

[bartleby]

Wow, what's it called?

IDIOCRACY

Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Mike Judge
Screenwriter: Mike Judge, Etan Cohen
Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, David Herman, Sara Rue, Stephen Root, Justin Long
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R (for language and sex-related humor)
Plot Summary: Writer-director Mike Judge's ("Office Space") unique brand of humor examines an average guy who volunteers to be the subject of a hibernation experiment that goes awry. He wakes up 500 years in the future, discovering that he's the smartest guy on the planet.

[YouStayClassy]

IDIOCRACY

Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Mike Judge
Screenwriter: Mike Judge, Etan Cohen
Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, David Herman, Sara Rue, Stephen Root, Justin Long
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R (for language and sex-related humor)
Plot Summary: Writer-director Mike Judge's ("Office Space") unique brand of humor examines an average guy who volunteers to be the subject of a hibernation experiment that goes awry. He wakes up 500 years in the future, discovering that he's the smartest guy on the planet.

Dang, with Luke Wilson that sounds pretty good.

I'd probably go see if it comes here just out of curiousity now.

[bartleby]

I'd probably go see if it comes here

If you're not one of the top 10 markets that it's playing in this weekend, I wouldn't count on seeing it in theatres. With the way the studio is dumping the movie, I can't imagine there's any expansion plans whatsoever.

[YouStayClassy]

If you're not one of the top 10 markets that it's playing in this weekend, I wouldn't count on seeing it in theatres. With the way the studio is dumping the movie, I can't imagine there's any expansion plans whatsoever.

I assume the top 10 markets are:

1 New York
2 Los Angeles
3 Philadelphia
4 Chicago
5 Phoenix
6 Dallas
7 Seattle
8 Houston
9 Boston
10 Rapid City, South Dakota

So there's hope it'll come here....

[Bill Nolan]

Maybe Woody Allen is opposed to this remake...

- B