Superhero Movie!!!
Posted by RaVeN on March 28, 2008
Superhero Movie is an upcoming 2008 comedy film that spoofs the superhero genre following in the footsteps of the Scary Movie series of comedies which the movie’s poster shares a notable resemblance. The film is written and directed by Craig Mazin, and produced by David Zucker and Robert K. Weiss. Production began in September 2007 in New York. It is stated to be released on March 28, 2008.
Plot
High school loser Rick Riker (Drake Bell) is bitten by a mutated dragonfly that allows him to develop abilities like super strength and armored skin. He decides to become a crime fighter, calling himself “The Dragonfly”. However, he is opposed by the villainous Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald), who had been transformed in an accident during an experiment to become “The Hourglass”, with powers to steal people’s life forces to eventually gain permanent immortality.
Parodies
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man 2
- Spider-Man 3
- Fantastic 4
- X-Men
- Batman Begins
- Superman
- The Green Hornet
- Naked Gun
- Tom Cruise
- YouTube
- T-Mobile
- MySpace
- iPod
- Scarface
- iPhone
- Barry Bonds
- Hooters
- 2girls1cup
- Enron
- Craigslist
Cast
- Drake Bell as Rick Riker / Dragonfly
- Sara Paxton as Jill Johnson
- Christopher McDonald as Lou Landers / Hourglass
- Jeffrey Tambor as Dr. Whitby
- Brent Spiner as Dr. Storm
- Leslie Nielsen as Uncle Albert
- Marion Ross as Aunt Lucille
- Kevin Hart as Trey
- Ryan Hansen as Lance Landers
- Regina Hall as Mrs. Xavier
- Tracy Morgan as Mr. Xavier
- Keith David as Chief Karlin
- Simon Rex as The Human Torch
- Pamela Anderson as The Invisible Girl
- Craig Bierko as Wolverine
Production
The film, produced by David Zucker (who originally was directing it), was initially slated for theatrical release on February 9, 2007. The film later began production on September 17, 2007 in New York. Zucker said the film primarily parodied Spider-Man, but it also spoofed Batman Begins, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Superman. The producer elaborated, “It’s a spoof of the whole superhero genre, like we did with the Scary Movies, but this one probably has more of a unified plot, like the Naked Guns had.”
Craig Mazin directed and wrote Superhero Movie, which was originally titled ‘Superhero!’. Mazin had previously worked with Zucker on Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4, co-writing those movies. He claims that some of his “heroes” are David Zucker, Pat Proft, Jim Abrahams, and Robert K. Weiss, whom he worked with on those movies.
Critical reception
The film received generally negative reviews from critics. As of March 29, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 21% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 24 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 33 out of 100, based on 8 reviews.
Trailer Description
Super is as super does: Finally, the guys behind the outrageously silly “Scary Movie” franchise have used their own ’special powers’ to spoof superhero movies. After being bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly, high school loser Rick Riker develop superhuman abilities like incredible strength and armored skin. Rick decides to use his new powers for good and becomes a costumed crime fighter known as “The Dragonfly.” However, standing in the way of his destiny is the villainous Lou Landers. After an experiment gone wrong, Lou develops the power to steal a person’s life force and in a dastardly quest for immortality becomes the supervillain, “The Hourglass.” With unimaginable strength, unbelievable speed and deeply uncomfortable tights, will the Dragonfly be able to stop the sands of The Hourglass and save the world? More importantly, will we stop laughing long enough to notice?
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Official Web Page:
http://www.superhero-movie.net/
