Plot Outline: On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean, an assassin, bent on killing a passenger who's a witness in protective custody, let loose a crate full of deadly snakes.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417148/
NitroJMS
10-16-05, 12:32 AM
SNL did this as a sketch like 8 years ago, why is it becoming a plot for a movie?
Goldberg74
10-16-05, 12:37 AM
SNL did this as a sketch like 8 years ago, why is it becoming a plot for a movie?
And the F.A.N.* is in it too! Wahoooo!
Entertainment Weekly had an article about this a few weeks ago. I just had to laugh. :lol:
* This is an inside joke over in TV Talk.
Groucho
10-16-05, 12:55 AM
At least the title isn't misleading.
DRG
10-16-05, 02:19 AM
http://www.blackfilm.com/i3/movies/s/snakesonaplane/006.jpg
"Is that a snake in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?"
DRG
10-16-05, 02:21 AM
http://www.blackfilm.com/i3/movies/s/snakesonaplane/004.jpg
"Hey, hey, hey there's a snake on me!"
MSD
10-16-05, 02:57 AM
SOAP is gonna kick ass!
Cameron
10-16-05, 03:48 AM
from http://www.collider.com/index.asp?cid=9&aid=599
Collider Exclusive: ‘Snakes’ Back on the Plane!
8/14/2005
Posted by Mr. Beaks
Once and, surely, future Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson went vehemently on the record at The Man junket Sunday, assuring reptile and aviation enthusiasts the world over that the New Line production currently sporting the hopelessly drab title Pacific Air 121 will indeed be rechristened Snakes on a Plane before its hugely anticipated release date on August 18th, 2006. Here’s our exchange in its entirety:
Beaks: One of those films that you’re working on right now is... well, it’s called "Pacific Air 121"—
Jackson: Snakes on a Plane, man!
Beaks: Exactly.
Jackson: We’re totally changing that back. That’s the only reason I took the job: I read the title.
Beaks: Snakes on a Plane! That’s everything!
Jackson: You either want to see that, or you don’t.
Beaks: And how are those snakes? Besides being on a plane?
Jackson: Some of them are aggressive, some of them are cool. They’re interesting to watch, and interesting to interact with. It depends on what kind of snake it is. One day, it took, like, four guys to bring in this 350 lb. Burmese Python. We were all like, “Where’s that goin’?” And I watched an Albino Cobra strike airplane seats the other day. I watched it from another studio. It’s actually been a fun show. But we’re taking the name back!
As someone who’s been a fan of the project since its inception, I can’t possibly put into words the thrill of listening to Samuel L. Jackson adamantly insist that a film in which he’s starring be titled Snakes on a Plane. And he’s right! When you hit upon a concept this sui fuckin’ generis, you are duty-bound to flaunt it in the film’s title. Scuttling Snakes on a Plane would be like changing The Exorcist to Evil on the Second Floor, or The Godfather to Crooked Italians. Like my boy Judge Brack said, “People don’t do such things.”
Luckily, Sam Jackson is one of those people, and we can sleep peacefully knowing that Snakes on a Plane will arrive at a theater near you with its integrity fully intact. Godspeed, sir!
and from http://www.blackfilm.com/20050819/features/snakesonaplane.shtml
Matthew Chmiel
10-16-05, 05:19 AM
I know somebody who read the script to this film way before Samuel L. Jackson was involved (and they were trying to get Wesley Snipes for his role) and they said it had to be one of the worst scripts they have ever encountered in their entire time working in Hollywood.
I just want to know how they got a director who can deliver b-movie thriller gold (Final Destination 2 and Cellular) and one of the better actors in Hollywood to agree to be associated with this god-awful idea.
However, the idea is so goddamn terrible that I just want to see the movie based on the premise alone. Pretty much on the basis that I know that SOAP is a train wreck waiting to happen.
Hiro11
10-16-05, 04:31 PM
SNL did this as a sketch like 8 years ago, why is it becoming a plot for a movie?
Pilot: "I've just been informed that a poisonous cobra is loose in the cabin... actually fifteen poisonous cobras are loose in the passenger cabin".
I thought I was the only person who remembered that skit.
Cameron
10-16-05, 08:51 PM
ok, someone needs to find the old skit on the net and post it here for the world to see.
I just hope they make t-shirts that say snakes on a plane. I swear to god if they rename it I am going to deface every new poster with SOAP
Brent L
10-16-05, 09:00 PM
Pilot: "I've just been informed that a poisonous cobra is loose in the cabin... actually fifteen poisonous cobras are loose in the passenger cabin".
I thought I was the only person who remembered that skit.
Oh come on, that skit is classic.
Well, to me at least.
Adam Tyner
10-16-05, 09:43 PM
Screenwriter Josh Friedman was tapped to work on this at one point, and he has an awesome entry (http://hucksblog.blogspot.com/2005/08/snakes-on-motherfucking-plane.html) about it on his blog.
Cameron
10-18-05, 01:10 AM
^thats awesome....
Trigger
10-18-05, 02:40 AM
Jackson: "You either want to see that or you don't."
heh... gotta respect that attitude.
MasterofDVD
10-18-05, 03:31 AM
I thought this was a bullshit post for a minute but sadly it's true.
I did a search to try and find the old SNL skit but all I came up with was another discussion about the movie on another forum. All the posters were making cracks about different animals on various modes of transportation but this other bit of humor was the real gem in the thread:
...a Harry Potter sequel - Snape's on a Plane. As Trevor says, "Professor Snape from the Harry Potter movies (Alan Rickman) gets his own franchise as an ass-kicking sorcerer bent on kicking terrorists off of Air Force One."
Cameron
10-18-05, 03:35 AM
sadly... you must think your in the rocky 6 thread....this is Snakes on a Plane....say it with me....Snakes....On a Plane
Groucho
10-18-05, 09:47 AM
From the blog mentioned above:What else do you need to know? How the snakes get on the plane, what the snakes do once they're on the plane, who puts the snakes on the plane, who is trying to get the snakes off the plane...This is not for you to ponder. There are snakes on the plane. End of fucking story.I was describing this movie to my wife yesterday, and I couldn't stop cracking up.
Samuel says that he won't work with rap artists because they degrade his industry. Ummm... what does starring in movies like "The Man" and "Snakes on a Plane" do to the industry, Sam?
God, this guy is a good actor, but he's a complete moron.
riley_dude
10-18-05, 01:36 PM
It should be in Snake-o-vision.
Ghostface180
10-18-05, 02:02 PM
Samuel says that he won't work with rap artists because they degrade his industry. Ummm... what does starring in movies like "The Man" and "Snakes on a Plane" do to the industry, Sam?
God, this guy is a good actor, but he's a complete moron.
It must have been the other Samuel L. Jackson who was in Deep Blue Sea and SWAT with LL Cool J, XXX 2 with Ice Cube and Xzibit, and Shaft with Busta Rhymes.
Like Die Hard before it, you know if this Snakes on a Plane does well, there will be Snakes on a Boat, Snakes on a Train, Snakes at a New Years Eve Celebration...
Numanoid
10-18-05, 04:26 PM
Awesome. :lol:
Reminds me of the old '70s B-movies. The question is, is it played straight, tongue-in-cheek, or for laughs?
GuessWho
10-18-05, 04:41 PM
Like Die Hard before it, you know if this Snakes on a Plane does well, there will be Snakes on a Boat, Snakes on a Train, Snakes at a New Years Eve Celebration...
Reminds me of the old '70s B-movies. The question is, is it played straight, tongue-in-cheek, or for laughs?
Oh, it'll be played for laughs...whether it will be intended or not is the question. ;)
Be the envy of all your friends with the T-Shirt!
http://wigu.com/overcompensating/pictures/soap.gif
:lol: I'm so getting that.
riley_dude
10-18-05, 07:07 PM
Snake in My Pants...
I'd watch that.
Trigger
10-18-05, 08:21 PM
Oh, it'll be played for laughs...whether it will be intended or not is the question. ;)
Be the envy of all your friends with the T-Shirt!
http://wigu.com/overcompensating/pictures/soap.gif
:lol: I'm so getting that.
I want... where can I get?
MovieExchange
10-18-05, 09:09 PM
Snake in My Pants...
The inevitable porno version.
ianholm
10-18-05, 10:13 PM
Oh, it'll be played for laughs...whether it will be intended or not is the question. ;)
Be the envy of all your friends with the T-Shirt!
http://wigu.com/overcompensating/pictures/soap.gif
:lol: I'm so getting that.
rotfl
Joe Molotov
10-18-05, 10:36 PM
I want... where can I get?
http://topatoco.com/snakes.htm
Cameron
10-18-05, 11:51 PM
t-shirt...sold
Fincher Fan
10-19-05, 12:10 AM
I hope that's not a spoiler for the movie.
Cameron
10-19-05, 12:18 AM
spoiler below
there are snakes....on the plane
Fincher Fan
10-19-05, 01:31 AM
I'm just hoping they rush through the origin movie to get the action-packed sequel. Snakes on a Plane... Again!
GuessWho
10-19-05, 01:42 AM
I like the country-western sequel:
Snakes on a Plain
Joe Molotov
10-19-05, 01:50 AM
Actually I here the sequel is going to star Steve Martin. It's called Snakes on Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Apparently the snakes play John Candy's character.
GuessWho
10-19-05, 01:57 AM
In order to bring marquee talent associated with the film, Snakes on a Plane's producers are looking to cast Sesame Street's worm, Slimey, in a supporting role.
In the latest breaking news from the set Mimi, star of Anaconda, stormed off the set because Samuel L. Jackson degrades her industry and he offended her by calling all snakes motherF*&@ers. The studio has decided to film her scenes seperately and insert her in digitally.
Thank Christ they changed the name of this movie back. I would see a movie called Snakes on a Plane just for the cheesiness factor. Screw Pacific Flight whatever.
Dr. DVD
10-22-05, 01:20 PM
The next major step for this series would have to be Snakes in the White House (or Snakes at 1600...too bad Snipes bowed out. ;) )
Rubix
10-22-05, 09:49 PM
this is going to be the most awesome movie ever!
Dr. DVD
10-22-05, 10:41 PM
We need a countdown thread for this movie...
jaeufraser
10-22-05, 10:42 PM
The next major step for this series would have to be Snakes in the White House (or Snakes at 1600...too bad Snipes bowed out. ;) )
I was thinking Snakes in Space...
mdc3000
10-23-05, 09:30 AM
my most anticipated movie of summer 2006.
MATT
dogmatica
10-23-05, 09:43 AM
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Okay, so what's on a plane?
Joe Molotov
12-23-05, 03:43 PM
In their latest issue, Wired had an article entitled "The Worst Movie of 2006 (and why it's already a cult classic)." I'll give you three guesses as to which movie they were talking about.
I'll give you a hint:
http://www.damnation-inc.com/Snakes-on-a-Plane/preview.gif (http://www.damnation-inc.com/order.php?item=1)
Cameron
12-23-05, 07:00 PM
you either want to read that article or you don't.
Shilex
12-23-05, 08:33 PM
I heard the sequel is gonna star Micheal J. Fox and be called <b>Shakes on a Plane</b>.
oh no he didn't!
I apologize to anyone who was offended by that joke, and I'm sooo going to hell.
illennium
12-23-05, 09:53 PM
I apologize to anyone who was offended by that joke, and I'm sooo going to hell.
Yep, and guess what's playing there 24/7.
Joe Molotov
12-23-05, 10:51 PM
Yep, and guess what's playing there 24/7.
Mmmm...Ishtar?
ChrisKnudsen
01-17-06, 04:49 PM
I will be there opening day if I don't die yet.
kcbrett5
01-17-06, 05:07 PM
and I'm sooo going to hell.
Only for being not funny at all.
Matthew Chmiel
01-17-06, 05:21 PM
I just wish there could be a teaser trailer for this film to be released. :(
majorjoe23
01-17-06, 05:25 PM
and I'm sooo going to hell.
If you had said it was a sequel to the Bobcat Goldwaith movie, all would have been forgiven.
Shilex
01-17-06, 07:00 PM
Tough crowd :)
Kinda weird how they're saying that this movie is already a cult hit, and it hasn't even come out yet. Peaked my interest.
Dorsalphin
01-17-06, 07:13 PM
my most anticipated movie of summer 2006.
MATT
My thoughts exactly!
Joe Molotov
01-17-06, 07:19 PM
I just wish there could be a teaser trailer for this film to be released. :(
I can't wait to see the poster design. The possibilities are limitless! I'm thinking maybe Sam L on top of a plane, surrounded by a big pile of snakes, with one fist thrust into the air, clutching a snake, and maybe a sword in the other hand. Also, his shirt should probably be torn.
ChrisKnudsen
01-17-06, 10:27 PM
I wish that picture shown earlier in the thread was the poster.
riley_dude
01-18-06, 08:26 PM
My thoughts exactly!
Mine too.
I can't wait to see what they are going to do for merchandizing.
Shilex
01-18-06, 11:58 PM
Here's a quick mock teaser poster I did:
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<img src="http://home.comcast.net/~shilex/snake.jpg"></IMG>
Cameron
02-14-06, 12:32 AM
the official website
http://www.snakesonaplanemovie.com/
Trigger
02-14-06, 12:55 AM
oh my god, that's awesome.
Brent L
02-14-06, 01:04 AM
Here is an audio trailer that someone put together:
I also want to see the movie in a theater full of large, black women.
Kicker_of_Elves
02-14-06, 06:17 AM
I can't believe this is a real movie.
mdc3000
02-14-06, 09:28 AM
Nothing at the website yet, but at least it looks like they aren't going to change the name! Our beloved SOAP will fly soon. And as far as LOGOS go, I can't believe they would miss out on an opportunity to have a SNAKE be the S's in the title....that would be incredible! Longing for a teaser...
MATT
Jules Winfield
02-14-06, 02:28 PM
This is the first movie in a long time that has the potential of being better than Good Burger.:o
Tarantino
02-14-06, 07:25 PM
I haven't wanted to see a movie this bad since the live action He-Man.
= J
Bushdog
02-14-06, 07:42 PM
This is the first movie in a long time that has the potential of being better than Good Burger.:oBlasphemy!
*waves to Jules*
Panda Phil
03-17-06, 01:11 PM
Check it out! There's a mutha-fuckin' trailer!
http://www.tagworld.com/snakesonaplane
Alternate link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8aAkHGCuQT4
Groucho
03-17-06, 01:18 PM
That trailer is awesome.
Me: "I can't wait to go see Snakes on a Plane.
Them: "What's it about?"
Me: "..."
MASAMUNE2
03-17-06, 01:30 PM
it looks horrible
FinkPish
03-17-06, 01:31 PM
Wow, that looks almost as good (read: bad) as I had imagined.
Groucho
03-17-06, 01:33 PM
it looks horribleThe only way I could draw that conclusion from the trailer would be if:
1. There were no snakes.
and/or
2. There was no plane.
bhk
03-17-06, 01:49 PM
Well, at least it delivers on the title. I went to Sneakers thinking it was a documentery on Nike.
Gdrlv
03-17-06, 01:50 PM
I think I may take off work on August 18. I am incredibly excited for this film after seeing that trailer.
"Enough is enough. I've had it with these snakes."
Groucho
03-17-06, 01:52 PM
Well, at least it delivers on the title. I went to Sneakers thinking it was a documentery on Nike.Meanwhile, I was in the next theater watching The Big One, thinking it was a heist movie.
I know somebody who read the script to this film way before Samuel L. Jackson was involved (and they were trying to get Wesley Snipes for his role) and they said it had to be one of the worst scripts they have ever encountered in their entire time working in Hollywood.
I just want to know how they got a director who can deliver b-movie thriller gold (Final Destination 2 and Cellular) and one of the better actors in Hollywood to agree to be associated with this god-awful idea.
However, the idea is so goddamn terrible that I just want to see the movie based on the premise alone. Pretty much on the basis that I know that SOAP is a train wreck waiting to happen.
Sam Jackson is not one of the better actors in Hollywood. He is an acting whore, he does everything he can.
bballing
03-18-06, 01:03 AM
Kenen Thompson? Oh boy. I was going to skip this till I looked at the imdb page and saw that there is a character named ipod girl, and one named big leroy. Now I am intrigued.
movieking
03-18-06, 09:19 AM
That was fucking unbelievable! AWESOME!
And that CGI snake coming from that chick's top didn't look fake at all!
TomOpus
03-18-06, 09:31 AM
I hope no snakes were harmed in the making of this film :(
Tracer Bullet
03-18-06, 02:23 PM
Oh my fucking god.
Midnight showing August 18? Yes please.
jaeufraser
03-18-06, 05:39 PM
Kenen Thompson? Oh boy. I was going to skip this till I looked at the imdb page and saw that there is a character named ipod girl, and one named big leroy. Now I am intrigued.
It's got one of the stars of Good Burger...who can refuse that!
Matthew Chmiel
03-18-06, 05:51 PM
It's got one of the stars of Good Burger...who can refuse that!
JUST LOOK AT THE CAST...
Ghost Writer's Samuel L. Jackson.
Ghost Ship's Julianna Margulies.
Good Burger's Kenan Thompson.
The Rage: Carrie 2's Rachel Blanchard.
Out Cold's Flex Alexander.
Dumb and Dumberer's Lin Shaye.
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector's David Koechner.
That's an award winning cast right there motherfuckers! SNAKES ON A PLANE!
Joe Molotov
03-18-06, 07:57 PM
Somebody needs to make a GIF of Sam tasing the snake. I could watch that for hours.
My girlfriend refuses to see it based on the title alone - the trailer didn't help my case. Guess I'll have to see it alone.
RichC2
03-19-06, 02:12 PM
These snakes are insane.
NiCK Crush
03-19-06, 02:18 PM
i'm convinced this is a joke/experiment to see how badly people like us could tear it apart.
it just cannot be an actual release.
-NiCK
Squirrel God
03-19-06, 06:02 PM
I can't help thinking of Eight Legged Freaks when I watch it. That was a really enjoyable and funny parody so I reckon Snakes could be a lot of fun if it's in the same mould. I just hope the CGI in the trailer doesn't represent the final version - looks rather rough 'n' ready.
Shilex
03-19-06, 11:36 PM
Just so everyone knows, these were exclusive clips made for that site. They are not representative of the kick-ass CGI snakes that will be in the final version. God bless SOAP.
Cameron
03-20-06, 12:05 AM
I screamed. Truly amazing.
Zodiac_Speaking
03-20-06, 10:09 AM
As a lover of B-movies and wacky shit, this ranks pretty freaking high. Good God what abombination!! I'll see it, even though, why ain't this on scifi channel?
Trigger
03-20-06, 12:48 PM
Was this already linked to in this thread?
http://oldtimessnakesonaplane.ytmnd.com/
The Bus
03-20-06, 01:59 PM
I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
hapgilmore
03-20-06, 08:08 PM
YES!! This looks like the worst movie ever i can't wait!
Kocheese99
03-20-06, 09:16 PM
the greatest part of that trailer for me was the guy sitting in his seat holding a snake and screaming at it and then looking at the camera and screaming. Classic. If someone could gif that part too i would be eternally grateful.
The logo from the film which was posted on joblo.com but it wont let me link it. Here's the URL: http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=10745
Source: Entertainment Weekly by: Mike Sampson
The editors at Entertainment Weekly couldn't have been more right when they said, "Not since Betsy Ross unveiled the American flag has a design been so hotly anticipated." So very, very true. With that introduction, EW unveiled the official logo for SNAKES ON A PLANE. Director David R. Ellis tells the magazine that the logo was inspired by various fan versions that were popping up online as production was underway. New Line marketing exec Russell Schwartz says, "We have so many taglines that go from sublime to ridiculous. You could obviously put [on the poster]: 'If the food doesn't kill you, they will.'" Oh, the possibilities are endless. If New Line were willing, I would love to premiere here the complete list of possible taglines to give you, the fans, a chance to vote on your fave. Personally I've fallen head over heels for Sam Jackson's now-famous decree from the beginning of the online clip: "Enough is enough. I've had it with these snakes." That says it all so sublimely even Shakespeare is creaming his jeans with jealousy.
Cameron
03-22-06, 07:35 PM
http://i1.tinypic.com/s24dom.jpg
DonnachaOne
03-22-06, 07:36 PM
Isn't that the MOST BEAUTIFUL POSTER you've ever seen?
DVD-ho78(DTS)
03-22-06, 08:00 PM
"Enough is enough. I've had it with these snakes."
That line makes me laugh every time.
What a great looking logo too!
Dr. DVD
03-22-06, 08:34 PM
From the moment Sam Jackson said his line I was hooked. Gotta get me that poster!
Kumar J
03-22-06, 08:37 PM
I got to see this movie.It's worse than waiting for Superman movie
fryinpan1
03-22-06, 08:58 PM
This movie should be the next great franchise. Just think of the sequel possibilities:
Wasps on a Yacht
Spiders on a Rocket
Crocodiles on a Truck
DVD-ho78(DTS)
03-22-06, 09:12 PM
Just think of the sequel possibilities
Just keep the same premise but call it Snakes on a Train. Maybe Steven Seagal could co-star.
UKingdom
03-22-06, 11:52 PM
what's the big deal with the name? why is it so special and do people think it's so hilarious? is it just because of the absurdity, or maybe because it kind of rhymes, or what is it? i'm still a bit confused about all the hoopla over the title. to me it just sounds a bit goofy, but not enough to warrant a "OMG, now THAT i have to see!".
RichC2
03-23-06, 12:21 AM
Whats not to love? There's Snakes on a motherfuckin' Plane. What could you do? You can't just land the plane, there's hundreds of them, and if they get into the cockpit! OH NOZ!
It's absurdist humour at it's absolute finest, I tell you!
And yeah, it's just ... what a fucking ridiculous concept for a movie, and the title is proud of it, the star is proud of it, Ellis is probably proud of it. It's going to be a bad movie for bad movies sakes, and really - with studios churning out crap and selling it as something more, it's about time one took the initiative and just embraced it's over-the-top-ness. Plus, it's just a great title :D. How many movies do you know that successfully sum up the entire movie in its title?
Think of it as Good Burger Redux, but you know, with Snakes.. on a plane.
Brent L
03-23-06, 12:34 AM
I'm proud to say that I'm looking forward to this flick than anything else of 2006.
kenbuzz
03-23-06, 07:54 AM
The story may be bogus, but the photos are kinda cool....
Sorry I was late for work boss, but ...
A guy in St. Louis was driving to work on Hwy 144 when he heard a 'pop'! He thought it sounded like a flat tire, though his ride wasn't affected. After pulling over, checking the tires and finding them intact! He opened the hood to look at the motor. Before the hood was even all the way open he jumped back in shock and knocked his head on the partially opened hood, unable to believe what his eyes were seeing! Nobody was going to believe this! You sure wouldn't have either! Fortunately, a coworker with a camera recognized him along side the road and stopped to see if he could help. Now, this has to be right up there at the top of the list of unusual but verified 'Reasons I was late for work'!
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9007/snake0017oj.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snake0017oj.jpg) http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8987/snake0025ui.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snake0025ui.jpg) http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2489/snake0030gt.th.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snake0030gt.jpg) http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6457/snake0043tc.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snake0043tc.jpg) http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7466/snake0053ns.th.jpg (http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snake0053ns.jpg)
Edited to fix photo links
Dr. DVD
03-23-06, 09:13 AM
The story sounds bogus, but those are shocking images.
I wonder if there's somewhere I can get a hat with the film's logo, it's cool!
mdc3000
03-23-06, 10:07 AM
As per The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002234847) and AICN, it seems that they have done 5 days of reshoots on SoaP to make it R rated instead of PG-13... More Gore, More Nudity and they've added the infamous line "I WANT THESE MOTHERFUCKING SNAKES OFF MY MOTHERFUCKING PLANE!" August 18, you can't come fast enough.
MATT
Brent L
03-23-06, 10:57 AM
That is just about the greatest news that I've ever heard regarding anything in the history of human existence.
riley_dude
03-23-06, 01:33 PM
From The Hollywood Reporter.com
March 23, 2006
Fan frenzy for 'Snakes' is on a different plane
By Borys Kit
As film backstories go, this one is fairly serpentine. This month, New Line Cinema's "Snakes on a Plane," which wrapped principal photography in September in Vancouver, went back before the cameras for five days of additional shooting at the Lot in Los Angeles.
In this case, it wasn't the usual reshoot, hastily assembled to fix a nagging story problem. Instead, the studio decided to create new scenes that would take the movie from PG-13 into R-rated territory.
The second round of filming also came about because of intense and growing fan interest in the movie, which was directed by David R. Ellis and is not scheduled to be released until Aug. 18.
"Snakes" stars Samuel L. Jackson as an FBI agent who has to fight a planeload of snakes unleashed by an assassin bent on killing a witness in protective custody. Sight unseen, the movie has grown from something of a joke into a phenomenon slithering untamed throughout the Internet.
As a movie whose fan base has grown spontaneously and organically, "Snakes" is relatively rare.
Intense fan reaction to movies most often is associated with titles that have established themselves in other media, such as comic book movies or fantasy novels, before making their way to the screen. Or it becomes attached to surprise hits, like the original "Star Wars," that develop massive cult followings once they are released.
But original movies that develop a big prerelease following are uncommon. Artisan Entertainment pulled off that trick in 1999 with its viral Internet campaign for "The Blair Witch Project," but that success has not been easily duplicated.
"Snakes," based an original script by John Heffernan (with rewrites by David Louca, Sheldon Turner, Sebastian Gutierrez and Chris Morgan) barely has an official Web site at the moment. But the movie, produced by Craig Berenson, Don Granger and Gary Levinsohn, already is the talk of a certain segment of the Net without any real prodding on the part of New Line.
It all started with the provocative and buzzworthy, if also reductive, title. New Line picked up the script in turnaround from Paramount Pictures in March 2003 -- in the wake of Sept. 11, terror-on-a-plane movies had fallen out of favor. And even within New Line, there were skeptics who viewed "Snakes on a Plane" as nothing but a simple programr with a "stupid title."
After Jackson came on board as the star, the title was upgraded to the more generic "Pacific Air Flight 121." The studio said it was a temporary moniker being used for "casting purposes." Executives were searching for something that was more thriller-like and less campy. According to sources, Jackson's camp also was in favor of a title change.
"Who wants to be in a movie called 'Snakes on a Plane'?" asked one talent agent at the time, seeming to echo the studio's concerns.
But once production began, a funny thing happened. Movie fans began noticing the black sheep of the New Line slate. They seized upon the title and started spontaneously creating fan sites, blogs, T-shirts, poems, fiction and songs. The title itself, sometimes abbreviated as "SoaP," has emerged as Internet-speak for fatalistic sentiments that range from c'est la vie to "shit happens."
"The title is so clear and so straightforward," said Brian Finkelstein, a Washington, D.C., native who created the blog Snakesonablog.com and who hopes to score tickets to the movie's premiere. "You know exactly what you're going to get."
Like Harry Potter, whose first suggestion that he's got magic on his hands comes when he discovers he can talk to snakes in their language , New Line got the message. Deciding that so many anonymous fans couldn't be wrong, the studio decided to revert to the movie's original title.
Jackson publicly endorsed the move. "That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title," Jackson told entertainment site Collider.com. He added, "You either want to see that, or you don't."
New Line execs, concerned that it is too early to discuss the movie, declined comment. But sources now insist the studio never abandoned the "Snakes" title in the first place and that "Pacific Air" was just an internal working title.
In any event, "Snakes"-ophiles already were hard at work. 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 motherfucking snakes off the motherfucking 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.
Those involved with the film said the reshoots weren't prompted by fans but rather by the existing footage that already was a hairline into R territory. Within the studio, the thinking was, "We're already going to get an R, why not go all the way?" But the filmmakers do concede that the Jackson line will be in the movie for the sake of the fans.
Meanwhile, the phenomenon keeps growing.
David Coin, a Maryland-based friend of Rohan, pitched in by creating a "Snakes" song and is working on a second.
New Line, in turn, is reaching out to the fans. In response to populist "Snakes" songs already created, the studio has just teamed up with social-networking site TagWorld.com to launch a contest that will allow one lucky winner's song to be featured in the movie.
Sierra Disc
03-23-06, 01:36 PM
I'm waiting for the inevitable backlash and letdown.
fryinpan1
03-23-06, 06:34 PM
Here are my suggestions for the reshoots or maybe an extended DVD:
1) a couple joining the mile high club is interrupted and killed by snakes
2) the in-flight movie shows the scene from Scarface when Al Pacino is dancing
3) Keanu Reeves (with mustache) playing a pilot and saying "whoa"
4) random cameo from Ah-nuld
Matthew Chmiel
03-23-06, 07:39 PM
According to the article, the theatrical release will be the R-rated edition.
:thumbsup:
Joe Molotov
03-23-06, 08:30 PM
According to the article, the theatrical release will be the R-rated edition.
:thumbsup:
Maybe an NC-17 rated Director's Cut, featuring Samuel L Jackson's snake?
gryffinmaster
03-23-06, 08:37 PM
Maybe an NC-17 rated Director's Cut, featuring Samuel L Jackson's snake?
rotfl
Seantn
03-23-06, 08:53 PM
I like how it is announced that they are adding more violence and MORE nudity to the R rated cut!
If it was PG-13, it didn't have nudity to begin with. They're not adding more, they're adding it, period!
Palpadious
03-23-06, 09:02 PM
I want to see Sam Jackson's man boobs. The more nudity the better.
This is going to be one of those movies that comes a round once in a generation that defines cinema.
costanza
03-24-06, 12:39 AM
the screenshot of sams junk from the die hard dvd should be the poster of the sequel.
NatrlBornThrllr
03-24-06, 02:21 AM
On the IMDB:
Jackson's Snake Film Creates Huge Buzz
Samuel L. Jackson's new mile-high thriller Snakes On A Plane has created such a buzz among internet film fans, movie bosses have called for re-shoots - to give the film a tougher rating. The film, which stars Jackson as an FBI agent trying to keep a federal witness alive onboard a plane full of snakes, wrapped last September - but went back before the cameras earlier this month for five days of additional shooting. Film bosses at distributor New Line Cinema opted to add new scenes to the film to take the movie from PG-13 into R-rated territory, according to industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter. They claim the second round of filming became necessary after intense and growing fan interest in the film, which is scheduled to be released this summer. Among the reported additions to the film is a foul-mouthed rant from Jackson in which his agent character bellows, "I want these motherf**king snakes off the motherf**king plane!" The line is expected to take on cult status. The film-makers have reportedly added more gore, more deaths, more nudity and more snakes to the finished product.
rotfl rotfl rotfl rotfl
UKingdom
03-24-06, 02:26 AM
LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- As film back-stories go, this one is fairly serpentine.
The Samuel L. Jackson thriller "Snakes on a Plane," which wrapped last September in Vancouver, went back before the cameras this month for five days of additional shooting in Los Angeles.
In this case, it wasn't the usual reshoot, hastily assembled to fix a nagging story problem. Instead, distributor New Line Cinema decided to create new scenes that would take the movie from PG-13 into R-rated territory.
The second round of filming also came about because of intense and growing fan interest in the movie, which is not scheduled to be released until August 18.
Jackson stars as an FBI agent who has to fight a planeload of snakes unleashed by an assassin bent on killing a witness in protective custody. Sight unseen, the movie has grown from something of a joke into a phenomenon slithering untamed throughout the Internet.
As a movie whose fan base has grown spontaneously and organically, "Snakes" is relatively rare. (See the movie's logo on EW.comexternal link.)
Intense fan reaction to movies most often is associated with titles that have established themselves in other media, such as comic book movies or fantasy novels, before making their way to the screen. Or it becomes attached to surprise hits, like the original "Star Wars," that develop massive cult followings once they are released.
But original movies that develop a big prerelease following are uncommon. Artisan Entertainment pulled off that trick in 1999 with its viral Internet campaign for "The Blair Witch Project," but that success has not been easily duplicated.
"Snakes," directed by David R. Ellis from an original script by John Heffernan (with rewrites by four scribes), barely has an official Web site at the moment. But the movie already is the talk of a certain segment of the Net without any real prodding on the part of New Line.
It all started with the provocative and buzzworthy, if also reductive, title. New Line picked up the script after Paramount put it on the backburner in March 2003 -- in the wake of September 11, terror-on-a-plane movies had fallen out of favor. And even within New Line, there were skeptics who viewed "Snakes on a Plane" as nothing but a simple programmer with a "stupid title."
After Jackson came on board, the title was upgraded to the more generic "Pacific Air Flight 121." The studio said it was a temporary moniker being used for "casting purposes." Executives were searching for something that was more thriller-like and less campy. According to sources, Jackson's camp also was in favor of a title change.
"Who wants to be in a movie called 'Snakes on a Plane'?" asked one talent agent at the time, seeming to echo the studio's concerns.
But once production began, a funny thing happened. Movie fans began noticing the black sheep of the New Line slate. They seized upon the title and created fan sites, blogs, T-shirts, poems, fiction and songs. The title itself, sometimes abbreviated as "SoaP," has emerged as Internet-speak for fatalistic sentiments that range from c'est la vie to "s--- happens."
"The title is so clear and so straightforward," said Brian Finkelstein, a Washington, D.C., native who created the blog http://www.Snakesonablog.com and who hopes to score tickets to the movie's premiere. "You know exactly what you're going to get."
Like Harry Potter, whose first suggestion that he's got magic on his hands comes when he discovers he can talk to snakes in their language, New Line got the message. Deciding that so many anonymous fans couldn't be wrong, the studio decided to revert to the movie's original title.
Jackson publicly endorsed the move. "That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title," Jackson told entertainment site http://www.Collider.com. He added, "You either want to see that, or you don't."
New Line executives, concerned that it is too early to discuss the movie, declined comment. But sources now insist the studio never abandoned the "Snakes" title in the first place and that "Pacific Air" was just an internal working title.
In any event, "Snakes"-ophiles already were hard at work. Chris Rohan of Bethesda, Maryland, 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.
Those involved with the film said the reshoots weren't prompted by fans but rather by the existing footage that already was a hairline into R territory. Within the studio, the thinking was, "We're already going to get an R, why not go all the way?" But the filmmakers do concede that the Jackson line will be in the movie for the sake of the fans.
awmurray
03-24-06, 09:42 AM
I want these motherf**king snakes off the motherf**king plane!
It's kind of scary that this movie is coming together so perfectly. Luckily they are listening to the fans.
This movie would suck without Samuel Jackson. And there is NO WAY Jackson could be in this movie without that line. NO WAY.
Obviously it isn't going to be a highly respected movie, but for what it is, they're nailing it:
Moved from PG-13 to R
Samuel Jackson: "I want these motherf**king snakes off the motherf**king plane!"
Keeping the "Snakes on a Plane" title.
Jackson using a stun gun on a snake.
Jackson beating the shit out of someone with a snake.
kcbrett5
03-24-06, 10:09 AM
I don't get it. This seems like the dumbest movie I have ever heard of. Is this whole thread a long running joke that I am missing or are people seriously excited about this?
MASAMUNE2
03-24-06, 10:20 AM
I don't get it. This seems like the dumbest movie I have ever heard of. Is this whole thread a long running joke that I am missing or are people seriously excited about this?
everybody is just trying to be "cool"
Derrich
03-24-06, 10:26 AM
I don't get it. This seems like the dumbest movie I have ever heard of. Is this whole thread a long running joke that I am missing or are people seriously excited about this?
Are you serious? Try this. Go sit in your car and imagine that when you looked in the back seat, you saw a sh-tload of snakes. Now add Sam Jackson in the passenger seat yelling 'I want these motherf-cking snakes outta my motherf-cking car!". Are you telling me that you don't have an erection just at the thought of it? Now, imagine the same thing, but on a plane.
Now do you understand?
D
awmurray
03-24-06, 11:00 AM
Are you telling me that you don't have an erection just at the thought of it?
I just tried this. Now I've got to replace my sunroof. :brickwl2:
Ms. M
03-24-06, 12:06 PM
NPR just aired a fun segment on the Snakes on a Plane phenomenon that includes audio clips of Snakes on a Plane fan trailers and songs. Actually, this could set an interesting precedent in terms of fans dictating the content of a film.
I remember reading about a year ago, before Snakes madness began, that a movie was being made about a zombie let loose on a plane. Anyone know what happened to that film?
Duh Vuh Duh
03-24-06, 12:12 PM
I don't get it. This seems like the dumbest movie I have ever heard of. Is this whole thread a long running joke that I am missing or are people seriously excited about this?
The entire explanation of this thread and the phenomenon is in the title of the movie...Snakes on a Plane!!!
Fanboy
03-24-06, 12:26 PM
NPR just aired a fun segment on the Snakes on a Plane phenomenon that includes audio clips of Snakes on a Plane fan trailers and songs. Actually, this could set an interesting precedent in terms of fans dictating the content of a film.
Yes, it's hopefully going to wake Hollywood people up to the fact that sarcasm is sometimes difficult to detect on the net, and that message boards abound with people who love to mockingly promote the dumbest idea they comes across as their potential new saviour.
This movie is going to get blown out of the water very quickly come August. However, it might do nicely on DVD, which is the audience the filmmakers should be (are?) aiming for. SoaP seems tailor-made to make for a nice "get drunk/high and watch at 3AM" viewing experience.
Groucho
03-24-06, 12:28 PM
I don't think the filmmakers have any illusions about what people are expecting from this movie. The teaser trailer only backs up this assertion.
FatTony
03-24-06, 12:38 PM
I remember reading about a year ago, before Snakes madness began, that a movie was being made about a zombie let loose on a plane. Anyone know what happened to that film?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408790/
This really could be the most effective use of shills and viral marketing ever. Just think about how easy it would be ...
kcbrett5
03-24-06, 02:03 PM
Are you serious? Try this. Go sit in your car and imagine that when you looked in the back seat, you saw a sh-tload of snakes. Now add Sam Jackson in the passenger seat yelling 'I want these motherf-cking snakes outta my motherf-cking car!". Are you telling me that you don't have an erection just at the thought of it? Now, imagine the same thing, but on a plane.
Now do you understand?
D
I think so. It is obviously a joke.
awmurray
03-24-06, 02:26 PM
Yes, it's hopefully going to wake Hollywood people up to the fact that sarcasm is sometimes difficult to detect on the net, and that message boards abound with people who love to mockingly promote the dumbest idea they comes across as their potential new saviour.
I don't think so. Think of how bad this would have been without the additions they have made due to suggestions from "fans" (see my list above). I think they were (at some point) trying to play this movie straight which would have fallen flat big time. But, they are now "camping" the movie up to expectations and it may be the best so-bad-it's-good movie to come along in a long time.
And Jackson was simply made to be in this movie.
Just thinking about Jackson and the title makes me laugh.
Samuel L. Jackson only signed on for this film because the title was "Snakes on a Plane". When the film makers tried to change it to "Flight 121", Jackson was adamant to keep it "Snakes on a Plane"
Trelach24
03-24-06, 03:50 PM
God I would love for this movie to set records for an opening weekend. If you're not in line to see this movie the second it opens, I really pity you and your life.
wendersfan
03-24-06, 05:41 PM
Are you serious? Try this. Go sit in your car and imagine that when you looked in the back seat, you saw a sh-tload of snakes. Now add Sam Jackson in the passenger seat yelling 'I want these motherf-cking snakes outta my motherf-cking car!". Are you telling me that you don't have an erection just at the thought of it? Now, imagine the same thing, but on a plane.
Now do you understand?
D
rotfl
That's it, precisely.
riley_dude
03-24-06, 05:48 PM
I'm not quite sure why this movie has so many people wanting to see it. I can see making fun of it but that's about it.
Joe Molotov
03-24-06, 05:59 PM
I'm not quite sure why this movie has so many people wanting to see it. I can see making fun of it but that's about it.
Because for possibly the first time since The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, the tagline for the movie also doubles as the title. It's the cinematic equivalent of seeing Haley's Comet.
Nick Martin
03-25-06, 08:22 PM
The line you have all been waiting for:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wx69xl
Found the link on the 'Snakes On A Blog' website.
Brent L
03-25-06, 09:03 PM
That is fantastic, just fantastic. Here is more great mutha fuckin' news from snakes on a blog:
And here’s our mini-spoiler/plot element. A New Line source told me this morning that they’ve added, for one example, a shot of “a guy being bitten by a snake on his Johnson.” How does that happen exactly? “He’s taking a leak or…? Mile-High Club,” he answered.
JoeyOhhhh
03-26-06, 12:50 AM
I'd love for the ending to have Jackson being put on trial for animal cruelty, and yelling out "YES THEY DESERVED TO DIE AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!"
They might as well just spoof every single famous Jackson quote in this movie.
Brent L
03-26-06, 12:52 AM
All of the fans of this movie need to start making a fuss and try to get that included also.
:lol:
B.A.
03-26-06, 01:07 AM
According to the article, the theatrical release will be the R-rated edition.
:thumbsup:
Now they just need to move up the release date (as Jeffrey Wells said).
I have to see this movie. That "snakes on a blog" website has been cracking me up for a while now.
Nick Martin
03-26-06, 01:54 AM
I wonder if they will be serving Samuel Jackson Beer on that plane?
"They bit me! A Fuckin' snake bit me! Drink bitch!"
Mr. Salty
03-26-06, 04:59 AM
I like how it is announced that they are adding more violence and MORE nudity to the R rated cut!
If it was PG-13, it didn't have nudity to begin with. They're not adding more, they're adding it, period!
Nudity isn't necessarily limited to R-rated movies. "Titanic," for example, was PG-13 and had plenty of nudity.
everybody is just trying to be "cool"
You have zero sense of "fun," don't you?
fryinpan1
03-26-06, 08:00 AM
This is how I talk! Haven't you seen my movies!? Juice!? The one where I say, "'I want these motherf-cking snakes off the motherf-cking plane!"
http://www.gavinshearer.com/photos/weblog/2005_05_20_samjacksonbeer.jpg
http://www.diesellife.com/samjackson.jpg
Sunday Morning
03-26-06, 10:17 AM
Another "Built-In" cult hit. Fucking studios are so adroit nowadays about how to sell a movie to an audience to make a quick buck that they are actually making it for them by pretending to give them what they really want. Not realizing that a real cult-hit is generated after growing word of mouth after a film is realeased and based on the actual value (or lack of) of the film itself. Not just a wacky premise and casting choice. Go ahead, give them their money ;) They need it, they paid 5 writers to come up with this crap. Movies by commitee are fun and where it's at!!!
thebunk
03-26-06, 10:42 AM
Another "Built-In" cult hit. Fucking studios are so adroit nowadays about how to sell a movie to an audience to make a quick buck that they are actually making it for them by pretending to give them what they really want. Not realizing that a real cult-hit is generated after growing word of mouth after a film is realeased and based on the actual value (or lack of) of the film itself. Not just a wacky premise and casting choice. Go ahead, give them their money ;) They need it, they paid 5 writers to come up with this crap. Movies by commitee are fun and where it's at!!!
I am not sure how to even respond to such a stupid, snobby post.
Sunday Morning
03-26-06, 10:53 AM
I like debating movies, so, feel free. It doesn't come from a snobby place, really. I am a fan of films of it's ilk. I just am not a fan of the hollywoodized/bastardation versions of such. I am willing to give the film itself a chance. Just merely responding to my interpetation of the state where cinema is. And the reality of how films are being made today. I know people in the industry and honestly you'd be shocked about how many morons populate it. Though it should be obvious with the kinds of film being made...
Snakes on a plane is purely a marketing stratetgy. They are counting on us geeks to cause a fevor and make a hit for them based on words like "re-shoots" and "R-rating" that in reality should signal the movie has a lot of problems. They realize audiences are getting more saavy. And that's cool... But, i'd rather see a film that generates buzz because it's actually good or fun. And then help with generating it's word of mouth appeal. I guess that's just a preference to things being formulated for me.
Matthew Chmiel
03-26-06, 01:10 PM
I like debating movies, so, feel free. It doesn't come from a snobby place, really. I am a fan of films of it's ilk. I just am not a fan of the hollywoodized/bastardation versions of such. I am willing to give the film itself a chance. Just merely responding to my interpetation of the state where cinema is. And the reality of how films are being made today. I know people in the industry and honestly you'd be shocked about how many morons populate it. Though it should be obvious with the kinds of film being made...
Snakes on a plane is purely a marketing stratetgy. They are counting on us geeks to cause a fevor and make a hit for them based on words like "re-shoots" and "R-rating" that in reality should signal the movie has a lot of problems. They realize audiences are getting more saavy. And that's cool... But, i'd rather see a film that generates buzz because it's actually good or fun. And then help with generating it's word of mouth appeal. I guess that's just a preference to things being formulated for me.
Thumbs fucking down man. Thumbs fucking down. :thmbsdwn:
Over a year ago, New Line greenlighted this flick with hopes to get Wesley Snipes in the main role and from the people I know who have read the original script, it was meant to play seriously. My friends in the industry were seriously pissed off that this film was getting made as there are thousands of good scripts out there to choose from and New Line chose Snakes on a Plane instead. However, this is one of the rare times fact that a studio has realized that they have a complete piece of shit on their hands. So what are they doing to fix it? They're "polishing" it up to meet fanboy demands. It's viral marketing at it's finest and New Line is just running with it.
When I heard the premise over a year ago at dinner, I hated it. I fucking hated it. But with all the recent developments of the past few months, I'm growing more and more to actually (and honestly) looking forward to the flick when it comes out. If that's not great fucking marketing, then I don't know what is.
Sunday Morning
03-26-06, 02:58 PM
Studios always realize they have a piece of shit on their hands. It's just all about how they sell their piece of shit and the deluded line producers who do their dirty work. We are living in times where the marketing game is changing and evolving. And not for the better.
All I ask is the very least they should bring back 3-D movies. At least that gimmick is kinda fun.
Nick Martin
03-26-06, 05:05 PM
Thumbs Muthafuckin' down man. Thumbs Muthafuckin' down. :thmbsdwn:
Fixed.
After all this is a Sam Jackson movie we're talking about here.
Nick Martin
03-26-06, 05:41 PM
Speaking of snakes, look at this
http://imdb.com/title/tt0462200/
It's another Sam Jackson movie called "Black Snake Moan", about "a white nymphomaniac who must be "cured" of her disorder by an older black blues man"
It's from the writer/director of "Hustle & Flow".
It also stars Christina Ricci and Justin Timberlake.
I don't know what to say.
Joe Molotov
03-26-06, 05:49 PM
Snakes on a plane is purely a marketing stratetgy. They are counting on us geeks to cause a fevor and make a hit for them based on words like "re-shoots" and "R-rating" that in reality should signal the movie has a lot of problems.
If that's what they're banking on, then they're not very smart. As we discovered with Serenity, internet buzz and $5 can buy you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. You could release a movie with no advertising at all, and have it accidentally make as much money as Serenity.
NatrlBornThrllr
03-26-06, 06:42 PM
Speaking of snakes, look at this
http://imdb.com/title/tt0462200/
It's another Sam Jackson movie called "Black Snake Moan", about "a white nymphomaniac who must be "cured" of her disorder by an older black blues man"
It's from the writer/director of "Hustle & Flow".
It also stars Christina Ricci and Justin Timberlake.
I don't know what to say.
Yeah, during a Q&A after a screening of Hustle & Flow, this movie was mentioned. Singleton talked about the casting, and this was before anything had been announced about the movie. The second he said that Samuel L. Jackson was going to be involved, I started to laugh.
-JP
Nick Martin
03-26-06, 07:54 PM
I guess we'll see Sam's snake after all - just in a different film, and while I could listen to him swear all day long, I don't think I ever want to hear him moan.:D
Groucho
03-26-06, 08:07 PM
If that's what they're banking on, then they're not very smart. As we discovered with Serenity, internet buzz and $5 can buy you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. You could release a movie with no advertising at all, and have it accidentally make as much money as Serenity.OMG HOW DARE YOU DISS JOSS AND SERENITY IT WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER OMG lc
Drexl
03-26-06, 08:41 PM
I don't think this compares with Serenity. Serenity had no stars in the cast, while SOAP has Samuel Jackson. Also, with Serenity, people who weren't familiar with the show had no idea what the movie was about, based on the title. SOAP, on the other hand...
Nick Martin
03-26-06, 09:52 PM
No stars in the cast, but what a cast it had.
Matthew Chmiel
03-26-06, 10:10 PM
I don't think this compares with Serenity. Serenity had no stars in the cast, while SOAP has Samuel Jackson. Also, with Serenity, people who weren't familiar with the show had no idea what the movie was about, based on the title. SOAP, on the other hand...
Exactly. Serenity had a built-in fan base and that's it.
Snakes on a Plane's fan base is constantly growing by each and every day. You don't need any prior knowledge to see this film, you just need to know that there's snakes on a motherfuckin' plane and Samuel L. Jackson is going to fight them, because he's a bad ass motherfucker. And it might just be internet geeks raving about this flick, but just wait until the general public gets ahold of this. Everybody will be going bonkers.
And studios release tons of shit each year. At least New Line is going to make this shit entertaining.
starseed1981
03-27-06, 11:41 AM
Exactly. Serenity had a built-in fan base and that's it.
Snakes on a Plane's fan base is constantly growing by each and every day. You don't need any prior knowledge to see this film, you just need to know that there's snakes on a motherfuckin' plane and Samuel L. Jackson is going to fight them, because he's a bad ass motherfucker. And it might just be internet geeks raving about this flick, but just wait until the general public gets ahold of this. Everybody will be going bonkers.
And studios release tons of shit each year. At least New Line is going to make this shit entertaining.
Agree with you on both points. The only thing stopping S.O.A.P. from becoming the best movie of the year is if they replaced Samuel L. Jackson with Dave Chapelle acting like Samuel L. Jackson. Then the universe would just implode from awesomeness.
chess
03-27-06, 12:59 PM
This reeks of American Idol...where it's not enough that they market cookie-cutter garbage to you...rather, they go the extra step and market the FACT that they are marketing garbage to you.
The emperor has no mothafuckin clothes.
Pass.
Nick Martin
03-27-06, 01:12 PM
Whatever.
The Chappelle idea...muthafuckin' genius!
He should have been in this one, playing Jackson's brother or something.
Think the fans could rally the studio to make that kind of change?:D
It's an 'audition' video with someone doing great impersonations of Jack Nicholson, Joe Pesci, Christopher Walken and others - auditioning for this movie.
Matthew Chmiel
03-27-06, 06:11 PM
Agree with you on both points. The only thing stopping S.O.A.P. from becoming the best movie of the year is if they replaced Samuel L. Jackson with Dave Chapelle acting like Samuel L. Jackson. Then the universe would just implode from awesomeness.
Someone needs to give this idea to New Line, STAT. :thumbsup:
Joe Molotov
03-27-06, 06:14 PM
Agree with you on both points. The only thing stopping S.O.A.P. from becoming the best movie of the year is if they replaced Samuel L. Jackson with Dave Chapelle acting like Samuel L. Jackson. Then the universe would just implode from awesomeness.
They've gotta save something for Snakes on a Train.
jaeufraser
03-27-06, 10:41 PM
This reeks of American Idol...where it's not enough that they market cookie-cutter garbage to you...rather, they go the extra step and market the FACT that they are marketing garbage to you.
The emperor has no mothafuckin clothes.
Pass.
It's like Sam Jackson said...you either want to see this movie, or you don't.
Henceforth the genius of the title!
Shilex
03-27-06, 10:53 PM
I think New Line should make all of their upcoming movies using only titles that spell out the plot. First off should be PIMP aka "Pigeons In My Pants".
Brent L
03-27-06, 10:57 PM
How about "Goats In A Palace"?
GIMP
Drexl
03-28-06, 11:01 AM
Snakes Hiding In Trains
Brent L
03-28-06, 11:37 PM
That was great AD. Here is an audio piece from NPR with Samuel L. Jackson:
LOL, that nice. Samuel L. Bronkowitz, didn't he also direct A Fistful of Yen and Catholic School Girls in Trouble? :lol:
Brent L
03-29-06, 01:57 AM
My God I'm loving this SOAP "movement". Here is the latest post from snakesonablog:
A few days I posted about nootropic describing his calls to a few airlines to find out if he could bring Snakes on a Plane. I lamented at the time that he didn’t record his phone calls… I assumed they’d be funny. Well, it seems as though Philip had the same idea that I had. Here we go:
It's an 'audition' video with someone doing great impersonations of Jack Nicholson, Joe Pesci, Christopher Walken and others - auditioning for this movie.
I usually think these net videos are retarded, but I laughed at this one. :thumbsup:
Nick Martin
05-01-06, 04:59 AM
Found this golden quote on Snakes On A Blog, a riff on Jackson's famous "Pulp Fiction" bible quote:
Esnakeiel 25:17
"The path of the righteous plane is beset on all sides by the iniquities of these snakes and the tyranny of those evil motherfuckers. Blessed is the plane, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the snakes through the friendly skies, for this plane is truly the snakes keeper and the finder of lost as shit motherfuckers. And I will strike down upon thee with lots of venom and motherfucking anger those who would attempt to crash my plane and destroy my snakes. And you will know my name is Samuel L. Motherfuckin’ Jackson when I lay my taser upon thee."
It's an 'audition' video with someone doing great impersonations of Jack Nicholson, Joe Pesci, Christopher Walken and others - auditioning for this movie.
My eye! I'm so poorly constructed!
It's an 'audition' video with someone doing great impersonations of Jack Nicholson, Joe Pesci, Christopher Walken and others - auditioning for this movie.
Very well done. There's actually only 4 impersonations.... Nicholson, Pesci, Walken and Robert DeNiro. The guy is spot on- very talented.
I think if you can impersonate an actor than that shows how limited those actors are. A real actor can blend completely into his character- there are no idiosyncracies to impersonate. For example, try impersonating Gary Oldman or Johnny Depp. Now those are real actors.
PixyJunket
05-01-06, 09:50 AM
Not suprising. Is there any popular thing you don't hate? :lol:Popularity is inconsequential; if it's an internet fad, I'll hate it. ;)
DonnachaOne
05-02-06, 11:26 AM
I think if you can impersonate an actor than that shows how limited those actors are. A real actor can blend completely into his character- there are no idiosyncracies to impersonate. For example, try impersonating Gary Oldman or Johnny Depp. Now those are real actors.Not at all. I've seen some great impersonations of Johnny Depp. Seen him in interviews? Oh, he's a character.
Restorer
05-02-06, 11:48 AM
Not at all. I've seen some great impersonations of Johnny Depp. Seen him in interviews? Oh, he's a character.
I think that goes to show even more how good an actor he is. You can impersonate the "real-life" Depp but not the Depp that is portrayed in film. Meaning he has idiosyncracies in real life but completely shrouds them in his movies. If you had never seen any of his interviews, is he still impersonable?
All those other actors mentioned are only one character, both in real life and in movies.
Nesbit
05-25-06, 05:09 PM
Is this a sequel to scorpions on a plane?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0290884/
Shemp
05-25-06, 05:55 PM
Hey, that's a pretty cool website. Thanks for the link!
Nesbit
05-25-06, 06:14 PM
Yeah it is a newer upstart website. I hope it sticks around.
dogmatica
05-25-06, 06:29 PM
So... it's about what?
Dr. DVD
05-26-06, 06:37 PM
The teaser that played with X3 last night had everyone in my theater marking out. Go figure.
mdc3000
05-26-06, 09:15 PM
The teaser that played with X3 last night had everyone in my theater marking out. Go figure.
What is Marking out? Haven't heard the phrase before. I knew instantly when it started what film it was for...and the teaser played really well in my theatre...very SHORT (too short actually, not enough real footage) but it was very effective and people were cheering. Great way to market the film IMO, New Line finally realizes the appeal and potential of this flick.
MATT
Brent L
05-26-06, 09:21 PM
What is Marking out?
You usually hear that phrase among wrestling fans. When we see something that we think is really cool, like anyone, we cheer and really get into it. That is what "marking out" means.
Joe Molotov
05-26-06, 09:32 PM
I read it as "making out" at first. :lol:
Jackskeleton
05-26-06, 11:55 PM
The teaser that played with X3 last night had everyone in my theater marking out. Go figure.
you know, atleast they are appealing to the films easy target on making fun of itself with that teaser and not taking themselves seriously.
SunMonkey
05-27-06, 05:42 PM
Awesome. The trailer played today for X3, and while no marking out took place, everyone did laugh. Can't wait.
Terrell
05-29-06, 06:18 PM
you know, atleast they are appealing to the films easy target on making fun of itself with that teaser and not taking themselves seriously
I don't think it's possible for a film about snakes on a plane to be take seriously. In fact, this kind of shit belongs with those Sci-Fi channel creature flicks that Sci-Fi has inundated their channel with.
achau9598
06-01-06, 05:04 PM
did anyone watch Dateline NBC last night (5/31)? During their sting operation, the screen name they used for the underage girl was "snakesonagirl".
While the subject of the show was serious, I could not help but laugh at how widespread this film has become.
Peep
06-01-06, 05:29 PM
I don't think it's possible for a film about snakes on a plane to be take seriously. In fact, this kind of shit belongs with those Sci-Fi channel creature flicks that Sci-Fi has inundated their channel with.
Tacking this trailer to the beginning of X3 was a great idea. Anybody who liked X3 will probably think Snakes On A Plane is a work of genius.
calhoun07
06-01-06, 07:10 PM
did anyone watch Dateline NBC last night (5/31)? During their sting operation, the screen name they used for the underage girl was "snakesonagirl".
While the subject of the show was serious, I could not help but laugh at how widespread this film has become.
I haven't been able to take Dateline seriously since they started that crap. It feels more like a day time tabloid show now. When you have a "reporter" walking up to a completely naked guy asking why he's walking around with cool whip and casing a cat, it's time to find something else to do.
Peep
06-02-06, 01:28 PM
I agree. How many times are they going to do the "same" show.
SuprVgeta
06-02-06, 04:10 PM
I saw the teaser during X3 and thought the movie looked ridiculously stupid. As for the clip of the guy doing four impersonations - that guy was spot on. I liked his Pesci: "get off me you slitherin' prick you." :lol:
scott1598
06-02-06, 05:55 PM
I haven't been able to take Dateline seriously since they started that crap. It feels more like a day time tabloid show now. When you have a "reporter" walking up to a completely naked guy asking why he's walking around with cool whip and casing a cat, it's time to find something else to do.
are you kidding??? those have been the most noteworthy news stories of some time. Chris Hansen is the veritable man! he is cool, collected, and so poised in every situation. this "tabloid" show as you put it has done so much more to taking these guys off the street than anything before. i mean it has made so many millions aware of such an epidemic. i didn't know how wide spread it was until i saw each and every one. i was glued...horrified...and sad.
this is in no way sensationalism like a tabloid would have you read.
William Fuld
06-02-06, 09:19 PM
Snakes On A Plane, For Real (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/02/national/main1679165.shtml)
Nick Martin
06-02-06, 10:10 PM
are you kidding??? those have been the most noteworthy news stories of some time. Chris Hansen is the veritable man! he is cool, collected, and so poised in every situation. this "tabloid" show as you put it has done so much more to taking these guys off the street than anything before. i mean it has made so many millions aware of such an epidemic. i didn't know how wide spread it was until i saw each and every one. i was glued...horrified...and sad.
this is in no way sensationalism like a tabloid would have you read.
The only way Dateline could ever improve on that series of shows would be to have Samuel L. Jackson there with or instead of Hansen....imagine what he would say and do to those guys....
mikehunt
06-03-06, 11:01 PM
I heard the sequel is gonna star Micheal J. Fox and be called <b>Shakes on a Plane</b>.
oh no he didn't!
I apologize to anyone who was offended by that joke, and I'm sooo going to hell.
I should be offended, but I'm laughing
<paraphrased Han>I'll see you in hell, save me a seat</paraphrased Han>
It's an 'audition' video with someone doing great impersonations of Jack Nicholson, Joe Pesci, Christopher Walken and others - auditioning for this movie.
Yeah, for all this Internet hype, you'd think there would be legit advertising out there.
So it goes.
jaeufraser
06-05-06, 01:36 AM
Yeah, for all this Internet hype, you'd think there would be legit advertising out there.
So it goes.
Which might explain why there isn't much in the way of advertising. Why spend money when you don't have to? A real marketing campaign will hit soon enough.
Corvin
06-05-06, 10:30 AM
Which might explain why there isn't much in the way of advertising. Why spend money when you don't have to? A real marketing campaign will hit soon enough.
Yeah, one would think the studio would at least release a trailer. Then again, releasing a trailer might kill the hype and cause the film to lose its odd appeal. Whatev.
DRG
06-05-06, 12:15 PM
Snakes On A Plane, For Real (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/02/national/main1679165.shtml)
New Line will stop at nothing to promote this film!!!!
The only way Dateline could ever improve on that series of shows would be to have Samuel L. Jackson there with or instead of Hansen....imagine what he would say and do to those guys....
That would be f-ing incredible. [booming Sam Jackson voice]"Did you, or did you not, come here to **** an underage girl?"[/booming Sam Jackson voice]
Man, I'm sick of this teaser crap. Let's get a theatrical trailer, all souped up in snake like glory!
Seantn
06-27-06, 12:28 PM
That looks like it's meant to be a tv spot.
mdc3000
06-27-06, 04:58 PM
Yeah, not a trailer, definitely a TV spot... not a good one at that. They aren't playing the "so bad it's good" angle at all in this ad...underwhelming. Hoping the official full trailer is much more impressive.
MATT
TomOpus
07-02-06, 03:10 PM
For those going to Comic-Con, this blurb was just added to the site:
"One of the hottest movies of the summer is New Line’s Snakes On A Plane and it’s coming to Comic-Con! Join star Samuel L. Jackson and director David R. Ellis for a Comic-Con exclusive panel discussion starting at 5:45PM on Friday, July 21 in Hall H."
This will be a real hoot :up:
xage
07-04-06, 02:35 PM
Saw the trailer last night at WWE's Monday Night Raw.. pretty interesting.. especialy they inlcude a list of phobias in it...
The film has not been rated yet...
MasterCXtreme
07-04-06, 02:38 PM
Saw the trailer last night at WWE's Monday Night Raw.. pretty interesting.. especialy they inlcude a list of phobias in it...
The film has not been rated yet...
Last I heard was the director was adding more you-know-what for a target rating of a hard R.
Seantn
07-04-06, 03:32 PM
The poster is up at Bloody-Disgusting. It's a good poster, gives off a definite campy feeling.
movieking
07-04-06, 03:42 PM
One of my wife's friends is deathly terrified of snakes, and can't even stay in the theatre when previews come on screen.
Buy: