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by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted:July 29th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
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A few days ago I posted a tweet saying that a test screening of Matthew Vaughn’s new comic-book movie “Kick-Ass” was scheduled for Thursday night outside of Los Angeles. Out of respect for the filmmaker and the film, I didn’t say where the screening was or how you could get in. But it’s not going to matter now as the screening was cancelled. So why would they cancel a test screening the day before it was set to go? Could it be Matthew Vaughn’s independent movie that doesn’t have domestic distribution is about to be sold? More after the jump:
The first thing I need to say is I have no inside source telling me that “Kick-Ass” has been sold. But based on the reaction at Comic-Con to the footage and the buzz that’s been building since the Hall H presentation, I think it’s a lock that some smart studio head is finalizing the numbers and cutting director Matthew Vaughn a check to distribute his latest film. After all, the movie has stars, it’s based on a comic book (I’ve heard those are kind of popular right now), and the film is FINISHED. Meaning, the studio knows exactly what they are getting and they don’t have to wonder about the final product.
Anyway, they do test screenings to see how general audiences feel about a movie. Perhaps the screening was set up before Comic-Con in case no one was interested and they could do a screening to see the numbers. But now, with the buzz so strong, things have changed. My gut tells me we are going to hear about a sale any day now. We’ll see if I am right or wrong soon enough.
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I dont know, to be honest I think many geeks have very low standards when it comes to quality and fandom blinding them.
Wanted was one of the worst movies I’ve seen in long time, now that could have been the production teams fault for such a bad movie but Vaughn still talks about the movie as if its the greatest thing ever.
Stars + comic book does not (automatically) equal great movie.
Nicholas Cage is the only “star” in this, and you obviously have’t heard all the great Comic Con reactions.
I dont know, to be honest I think many geeks have very low standards when it comes to quality and fandom blinding them.
Wanted was one of the worst movies I’ve seen in long time, now that could have been the production teams fault for such a bad movie but Vaughn still talks about the movie as if its the greatest thing ever.
Stars + comic book does not (automatically) equal great movie.
Nicholas Cage is the only “star” in this, and you obviously have’t heard all the great Comic Con reactions.
I know the studio that got it. Universal.
I know the studio that got it. Universal.
I got the screening passes at work yesterday and was so fricking excited to go. It sucks that they canceled it. I doubled checked with them and called up the toll free number from the pass I got and surely enough they too said it was canceled. This would of made my day…
I got the screening passes at work yesterday and was so fricking excited to go. It sucks that they canceled it. I doubled checked with them and called up the toll free number from the pass I got and surely enough they too said it was canceled. This would of made my day…