CHICAGO – The late playwright August Wilson left a gift to the world in the form of his “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each individually set in a decade of the 20th Century, focusing on the black experience. Chicago’s Goodman Theatre presents Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now through May 19th, 2024 (click here).
'Fanboys' Being Re-Worked by Apatow?
From CineManiac:
Apparently Judd Apatow’s production company has picked up Fanboys and he and co-producer Shauna Robertson have apparently taken the movie under their wing and are making a lot of changes and were doing re-shoots about 2-3 weeks ago.
I love the Apatow crew and with the exception of “Walk Hard” have enjoyed their movies. But I’m hoping they don’t turn this into a “hard” R-rated comedy as the footage I saw was very sweet and was easily PG-13 (it might possibly end up being R, but not because every other word is a cuss word, so please keep it that way). From what I saw the movie didn’t need reworking, which is apparently what the Apatow crew are doing.
Fanboys was originally supposed to be released last summer. It was then set to open Jan. 18 till being pushed back to March. For more info, check out the movie’s MySpace.
Cancer-less 'Fanboys'
In a spy report on AICN that calls the new version of “Fanboys” a “Perfect movie,” adding, “I wouldn’t change a thing,” writer Moriarty also added: