News today about an upcoming disaster spoof movie, we get the news from movieweb:
Screen Gems has purchased the rights to Armageddagain: The Day Before Tomorrow. According to Variety, it is a spoof of disaster movies directed by Robert Moniot. It is based on a screenplay he co-wrote with Travis Oates.
The film will focus its jokes on such flicks as Armageddon and Independence Day to Transformers and The Bourne Ultimatum. Production will begin in August. Look for the film to be released sometime next year.
I have never been a huge fan of spoof films, I usually avoid them if possible, although some films that I like have had some spoof elements in them (like when The Naked Gun mocked the pottery scene from Ghost). When a whole film is just a clip show of other movies acted out again – it just comes off as lame to me.
This is the first time disaster movies have had their own spoof movie, and if you are into this sort of thing – I hope I am a bringer of good news. I do not mind a good disaster movie, disaster makes for wicked special effects and instills the feeling of doom like nothing else can. We will see if they can make this genre spoof-able, there are a lot of cliches to be made fun of, perhaps it will work.
