Twentieth Century Fox’s remake of sci-fi classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still” will be the widest release ever –if you count outer space.
At the same time that the film opens today in theaters, Fox and a privately owned celestial communications network will use equipment at Cape Canaveral, Fla., to begin beaming “The Day the Earth Stood Still” to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth. The galactic stunt is a first-ever for a Hollywood studio.
But if there is a life in Alpha Centauri, it will take four years for it to receive the transmission of the sci-fi actioner, which toplines Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly and Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith.
Ummmmm … I know I’ll never get royalties for it, but I’d like to go ahead and be the first person to officially pitch this: Someone needs to do a film about the friendly aliens who decide to come visit Earth after receiving this transmission — their only knowledge of our world and culture coming from a Keanu Reeves flick. In fact, guys, we don’t even have to make the film. I think we could just put a bunch of writers in a room and videotape the brainstorming session. That would be plenty funny. Funny or Die, are you listening? (If you are I want royalties.)
He is so nasty. I do not get people’s fascination of him. Someone please explain!
you should check out Galaxy Quest
oh my god. this pisses me off so unreasonably much.
because the thing is, the idea is COOL, but why the fuck are we wasting it on a publicity stunt for this certainly horrid movie? can we please pick out some of the classics, some of the greats of the last hundred years, and beam them into space? it honestly makes me angry that we’re sending a shitty remake – of a really GOOD film, by the way – into space when we could be making a much, much better gesture.
here here!
They should just beam “Bill and Ted” up…