The director of "Fanboys" Kyle Newman is a big fan of "Star Wars" himself, and his obsession can be called a "hardcore" fan, and shooting a movie about the Fanboys story is also his long-cherished wish. Speaking of the two sci-fi classics "Star Wars" and "Star Trek", Kyle said: "When I was a kid, I was very interested in all movies about space. Watch "Star Trek" It feels like watching a science fiction novel. The story of the movie is based on a certain scientific basis, which makes you think that the plot in the movie may be what will happen on the earth in the future. And "Star Wars" is more like a Myths and fantasy stories about space feel more mysterious. Although the two movies are about stories that took place in space, they are actually different, but I like both of them very much."
George Lucas is the director of the six-part "Star Wars" and is revered as the "father of Star Wars", but Kyle Newman did not deliberately invite Lucas to appear in his own "Fanboys". "I think if Lucas is allowed to act, maybe he will feel uncomfortable. Although he did not appear in the movie, his voice still appears in the movie. We put Lucas in the "Robot: Star Wars" The dubbing in "Special" is copied. In the movie, there is a scene where the actor calls Lucas, and the voice of the dialogue with the actor at the other end is indeed from Lucas. It can be said that Lucas participated in another way In the movie."
"Fanboys" received strong support from George Lucas. His Lucas Film Company not only lent various props from "Star Wars", but also licensed them to film in "Skywalker Ranch". It's something that has never happened before. The post-production, sound and visual effects of "Fanboys" all rely on Lucasfilm's help. "They provided all the help they could, as long as they were the props we needed, they were all usable. At the comics festival, they also put our movie trailers in their company's window to show them together, treating us as them. It’s so cool."
Despite the great help of Lucasfilm, in fact, "Fanboys" also encountered a lot of difficulties in the production process. There are rumors that Kyle Newman and the distribution company Weinstein Films have had serious problems. Disagreement. Originally Kyle and his production team developed the plot based on the clue of "cancer", but Weinstein Films cut this clue, which made Kyle very angry and took it back in anger. The copyright of the film, and the release date of the film had to be postponed from April 2008 to February 2009.
"I really can't tolerate the film company cutting the clues of cancer. In this way, the protagonists' journey to Skywalker Ranch will become unmotivated. Their road trips are like a bunch of fools. Meaningful crazy actions, this is completely contrary to our original assumptions. Fanboys are not blind fans of the mind. This is a story about friendship. They are like brothers and buddies, and the motivation for what they did. It is to fulfill his wish before the death of my friend. I hope this is a film with real feelings. Of course, I don’t mean to make the audience cry, I just want to show the true side of Fanboys, and the audience can also I have some insights. In order to keep the film from our original intention, we must fight the film company to the end." In the protest, the film company can only regress. Later, Kyle re-assembled the actors, screenwriters and other staff to shoot. Restore the movie to its original appearance. After these tossings, "Fanboys" was finally released on February 6, 2009 after three years.
In the cast, Kristen Anne Bell and Dan Fogler are both actors that the director Kyle has identified early in the morning, but he has an opinion on which of the three Sam Huntington , Jay Baruchel , and Chris Marquette will play Eric and Rainer. Si was still undecided. "The three of them came to audition together, and they all left a deep impression on me. It was too difficult to choose among the three of them, so I just arranged them all in the movie."
"Fanboys" also has many guest actors, some of them have starred in "Star Wars", such as Billy Dee Williams , Carrie Reynolds Fisher and Ray Park, etc., and even played Kirk in "Star Trek" The captain's William Alan Shatner was also a guest star. In recent years, the new generation of Hollywood comedian Seth Aaron Rogen , who has been extremely popular in recent years, also made a cameo appearance in the movie. He appeared as a loyal fan of "Star Trek".
In fact, Seth Aaron Rogen is a big fan of "Star Wars", but he also likes "Star Trek". He feels that there are too many people supporting "Star Wars" in the movie, so he has to stand in support of "Star Wars". On the side of "Star Trek", he said there must be someone to represent the fans of "Star Trek".
Kristen Anne Bell, who has quickly become popular with " Veronica Mars " , plays the role of actress and fan Zoe in this film. Friends who have watched the popular American drama "Hero" will definitely recognize Christine, and she is the "discharge girl" in it. In fact, "Fanboys" should be said to be Christine's first film, but because "Fanboys" has gone through hardships, it was released later than the other movie " Forgetting Sarah Marshall " in which Kristin participated . "After the Fanboys learned that they were going to shoot a movie about them, they took out their collections, props, costumes, etc., and provided them for free for us to shoot. Some Star Wars fans even drove to deliver things personally. When we went to ABQ in New Mexico , our filming location , I really gave 100% support to the crew."
