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Jon Katz' "Geeks" Goes Hollywood

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the way-to-go-jon dept.

ChrisCrosby was the first to notice that Hollywood Reporter has a story about our own Jon Katz' soon-to-be-released book "Geeks" being picked up by New Line Cinema for a feature film. Lawrence Bender (producer of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Good Will Hunting and more) and Laurie Bickford are producing. I'm really excited for Jon, and I just wanted to congratulate him: He's been working so hard on this, and the parts of the story that I've read have been really wonderful. And Hemos and I get cameos! Now since Bender has produced all of Quentin Tarantino's films, wouldn't it be fabulous if he directed this?Update: 01/14 04:09 by H : BTW, the actual book is available for pre-order through ThinkGeek. Check it out.

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  1. Re:Short List by HP+LoveJet · · Score: 5

    What if the entire movie was based, not just on Katz's book, but on the Slashdot community's reaction to it?

    The opening titles would begin with a bunch of really lame dorks who appear on screen for no reason and shout "FIRST CAMEO DUDE!!!"

    The film would be periodically interrupted with hysterically funny haiku, apropos of what was happening in the plot at that moment.

    Of course, there would have to be a retelling of the legend of Pygmalion, starring MEEPT as Pygmalion and Natalie Portman as Galatea.

    The closing credits could have somebody reading the Slashdot Address, the M&M-breeding article, or a Generic Flame--or perhaps all three at once, since no one will actually be paying attention.

    Maybe the dialogue in the film itself could be moderated to different volume levels.

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    spawn_of_yog_sothoth
  2. RE: Samuel L. Jackson as a geek. by Lord+Kano · · Score: 5

    How's this.

    "Reach in that bag and give back that Palm Pilot."

    "The one that says 'Bad Motherfucker' on the case."

    Ving Rhames as a geek

    "We're going to get a couple of Jolt fiending programmers and get object oriented on his ass."

    Tarantino...

    "Where do you see 'dead vaio storage' ?"

    I gotta get back to work, I can keep this up all day...

    LK

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    "Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
  3. Keep your pants on, this doesn't mean we'll see it by barzok · · Score: 5
    New Line has optioned the book. That basically means they called "we got dibs" on the rights to make a movie out of the book for the next X years (for a price, of course). It doesn't mean they will make a movie, it doesn't even mean they've given thought thought about script/director/whatever. It just means they think the book has enough value that they don't want to risk losing the chance to make the movie to another studio - or, more importantly, risk another studio making the movie and thus making money they may have had a chance at.

    Remember DOOM was optioned for a movie at least 3, 4 years ago. the options have been bought and sold around Hollywood, and we're still not even close to seeing a feature film.