Snakes on a Plane!

I am probably the 10 thousandth person to blog about this but I can't help myself.

Imagine you are a movie producer and you are in a pitch meeting. All you are told is that the movie will be starring Sam Jackson and the title is... wait for it... Snakes on a Plane. Do you buy it? Most sane people would not, but New Line Cinema did. I predict that this movie will have a ridiculously large opening weekend with a fantastic crash in box office dollars on the second weekend.

Reuters Article
My favorite part of this article (my emphasis)

Chris Rohan of Bethesda, Md., created an elaborate, R-rated audio trailer that lovingly mocks the title and movie. "It's a genius title," Rohan said. "It's so stupid it's great. It invites satire, but it's something you just love. It's something I can't explain. You either get it or you don't."

The audio bit uses a Jackson sound-alike shouting, "I want these mother------- snakes off the mother------- plane!" Soon, the growing legion of fans added their voices as they demanded that that phrase also appear in the movie.

Apparently, the studio got the hint. When Ellis assembled Jackson and others for the recent shoot, the filmmakers added more gore, more death, more nudity, more snakes and more death scenes. And they shot a scene where Jackson does utter the line that fans have demanded.


All hail the power if the Internet and obsessive fan boys and girls!