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Supressed "Fanboys" Movie May Get a Release After All

Apparently, fan karma is in full swing right now. Following the second cancellation of Jericho despite attempts by fans to sway CBS, the nerds win one with the news that the original version of Fanboys, complete with dying-nerd subplot, will see the light of day after all as a result of fan activity, boycotts and... well, name-calling.
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1:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,289 views, 20 comments

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Judd Apatow Thinks Fanboys Can't Handle Cancer

Will long-awaited feelgood nerd movie Fanboys find itself swallowed by the Judd Apatow comedy juggernaut? That's the rumor doing the rounds right now, according to Ain't It Cool. The movie - which stars Heroes' Kristen Bell and features cameos from a slumming-it Carrie Fisher and a grateful for the paycheck Billy Dee Williams - centers around five friends in the nineties breaking into Skywalker Ranch to steal a pre-release print of The Phantom Menace for a dying friend... or, at least, it did before test audiences decided that they didn't like that whole "dying friend" thing. More »

7:40 AM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By grae
1,959 views, 26 comments

Latest by tuskentrooper: Since media these days don't go directly to the source anymore, I thought I should post this: The 501st Legion is not involved as an organization in any protests, boycotts, or movements related to the film Fanboys, nor do we have more »