Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
I heard Paul Soter describe this film back in 2001, and he seemed adamant back then that it was going to be expensive, and difficult to get a studio to commit to. Glad to see he’s still set on making it, though. I like the idea a hell of a lot.
Hey guys,
Did an interview with Paul Soter from Broken Lizard, here's what he had to say about Broken Lizard's next film. The full interview is right here.
TOM: Are you guys working on your next movie now?
PAUL: We have a script and we’ve been working on it for a while. It’s a lot more ambitious and we knew that we weren’t going to be able to make it until somebody would be willing to give us a little bit more money. That’s hopefully what’s next, depending on how well “Club Dread” does. We should be able to jump right into it at the end of the summer or the fall. It’s something we’re really excited about because it’s something we’re trying to get. We’ve wanted to do this movie for years and so we’ve been working on the script for a long time. I think it’s going to be the funniest, and most imaginative thing we’ve done.
TOM: Can you tell us a little bit what it’s about?
PAUL: It takes place in ancient Greece and it involves Plato and Socrates, but as college students. Plato is a freshman wrestling recruit who’s actually a dummy and is failing “basic thought.” If he doesn’t pass basic thought, then he doesn’t get to go to Athens to wrestle in the Olympics. So the university hires Socrates, the philosopher, to tutor him. These kids try to pass and go on the road to the Olympics and in the middle, they attract the attention of three Greek gods: Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus, who start watching their struggles and start taking bets on what’s going to happen with them. Through their whole story in trying to get to the Olympics, the gods can’t help but come down and fuck with them in order to affect their bets.
TOM: And what role are you going to play?
PAUL: I’m going to be one of the Greek gods. Kevin and Steve are going to be Plato and Socrates, and Jay and Eric and I are going to be the three gods. It’s going to be a big, broad comedy and we had a lot of fun playing with Greek mythology and philosophy but it’s also very big and very ridiculous. It will be very Python-esque in its scope and context.
Thomas Chau
Editor/NYC Correspondent, Cinema Confidential
In the meantime, allow me to note that no one is stupider than the woman who is suing people because she got a glimpse of Janet Jackson’s tit on TV. No one. That woman is so stupid I’m surprised her head doesn’t cave in from the pressure of the vacuum she’s got up there instead of a brain.
But this may run a close second.
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Anyone who thinks that Coconut Pete’s hedonistic jizz-and-booze soaked island resort has anything to do with Club Med also probably believes that Pete stole his act from Jimmy Buffett. As if. Please, people... let’s keep the courts clear for important things. Like the discussion of the various sexual organs of the Jackson family.
"Moriarty" out.
