Yesterday, we had news of a six-figure spec sale for a screenplay titled Earth vs. Moon; today, we have Smash, a teen demolition derby drama from newcomer Aaron Philson Brown. And as far as New Regency Productions is concerned, it’s a six-figure idea, too. We’re that much closer to Ass, folks!
Barry Josephson (of the similarly-themed Enchanted) is on board to produce this chamber piece about a recalcitrant teen who moves to a small midwestern town where demolition derbies are all the rage. Desperate to fit in, the kid succumbs to the temptation of “smashing up fast cars with a fast crowd” – which makes it sound like Footloose with a concussion or just a bad Happy Days episode. Either way, there’s got to be a role for Lucas Black somewhere in here.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Aaron Philson Brown is segueing from a career in advertising, which makes sense since Smash sounds like the unholy spawn of market research (“Demolition Derby is the fastest growing sport amongst functionally illiterate males aged 15-34!). If this kicks off a trend of high-concept screenplays based on bad sitcom plots, I can only hope that we soon have a subgenre of films centered on kids faking terminal illnesses to meet famous athletes.
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Let the pigeons loose!
The world needs more teenage demolition drivers! Lucas Black should be a star. Where art thou All The Pretty Horses Fanclub?
I talk about the Malachi Crunch/Fonzie marries Pinky saga way too much in my day-to-day life.
There was a time when we cared who's ass it was up on screen and why it was farting. I think that time can come again.
With Regency on this, Fox will distribute, which will mean (A) this gets an X-treme PG-13 rating to cater to the under-17 crowd who probably never even saw the first three Die Hards before seeing the never-existed new film, and (B) it will suck horribly and terribly, much like ALL of their output. And I'll call out Tom Rothman as a "functionally illiterate male." Had he never touched that studio, there would have been given a hard-R Die Hard 4, that rumored Alien movie written by Cameron and directed by Scott, a Singer-directed, honest-to-God-good X-Men 3, and a Wolverine movie with no shitty title that made it sound more like a short-lived TV spin-off.
He wants you too Malachai!!!
Why oh why did Pinky climb out onto that hood?! Also; "Malachai" Crunch = legit lol!
Hahaha! Not only are we getting close to ASS, but probably a President Camacho as well.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=43981 – Meg Has Hope!
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