Fred Simmons is the King of the Demo, and now America finally has had a taste of just what that means.
I included THE FOOT FIST WAY on my Best of 2007 list, but for most of you, it’s going to be a 2008 release. I’m so happy to see the publicity machine on this one start to kick into gear. I love the notion of having “Fred Simmons” make appearances on talk shows. We’re going to have plenty of time to get to know Danny McBride in the next few years... right now, selling the character is more important. It’s not unlike the way Pixar keeps selling the character of WALL·E more than any one particular plot element of the film itself.
There’s a lot of really subtle stuff in what McBride does during the CONAN appearance, and the same is true of the movie. I love that he brought Julio with him for the TV appearance, and the eagle-eyed among you will spot writer/director Jody Hill onstage as well.
April 11th is when Paramount Vantage begins to roll this one out, and when they do, I am personally asking you to give it a shot. I don’t often get as evangelical about a film as I am about this one, but I think this is a great, special film, and if you want to understand the inevitable hype over McBride in the next few years, this is Ground Zero.
Thanks to everyone who sent us heads up on the website and on the CONAN appearance as well.
It rules - even got a soundboard. Which is actually not rules because now this thing we all love is gonna be big and everyone gonna like it. Which i have a feeling won't happen, actually -- he's too fucking weird for most. But my God do I love him.
Fred Simmons was also on Conan last night and was very, very, very funny. The clip is floating around youtube but nbc keeps putting the kibosh on it. The entire Conan show should pop up on the NBC website sometime today so you can see it there.
