Not For Sale Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 http://www.themovieinsider.com/n3551-superbad-director-heads-to-adventureland/ Director Greg Mottola, who directed the current box office champ Superbad, will next helm Adventureland, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Taking place in the summer of 1987, the coming-of-age comedy follows an uptight college grad who is forced to take a degrading minimum-wage job at the local amusement park when he realizes he can't afford his dream European tour. The experience helps him to loosen up a bit as he finds first love, forms new friendships and emerges with a newfound sense of maturity just in time to enter the real world in the fall. Mottola also wrote the script for the movie, to which Jesse Eisenberg ("The Squid and the Whale") is attached to star. Production is set to begin in the fall in Pittsburgh. Weird sidenote: I work at the factual Adventureland that this movie is based on, in order to pay for the TPR Europe trip.
TheRapidsNerd Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Woa! That's pretty ironic and cool. So have you recovered from the Midwest trip? After seeing the TRs, you had a humerous time.
okinawaboy11 Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Production in Pittsburgh eh? Kennywood anyone?
Homer Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 After seeing Superbad, I'm making this movie a must see for me. At least this roller coaster movie will have me laughing instead of worrying for dear life (Rollercoaster, Final Destination 3).
307 Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Woa! That's pretty ironic and cool. So have you recovered from the Midwest trip? After seeing the TRs, you had a humerous time. THAT IS NOT FREAKING IRONY. DOES NO ONE KNOW WHAT THE $*%^@ WORD MEANS?! Anyway, your situation is an amusing COINCIDENCE, and it looks like it could be an interesting movie. I highly doubt the amusement park will be used for anything other than "background" of the movie.
Not For Sale Posted August 30, 2007 Author Posted August 30, 2007 Woa! That's pretty ironic and cool. So have you recovered from the Midwest trip? After seeing the TRs, you had a humerous time. It's funny how much worse the pictures make it look. I was having a blast with all of it. I appreciate the concern though THAT IS NOT FREAKING IRONY. DOES NO ONE KNOW WHAT THE $*%^@ WORD MEANS?! Really? You're going to get fuming mad at someone for using a common misuse of a word?
307 Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Not specifically at him, more at the dozens of times I've seen "irony" misused on this board. It gets really annoying after awhile. It's a pet peeve, just like "you're" being spelled "your", "they're" being "their", etc etc...
TheRapidsNerd Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Not specifically at him, more at the dozens of times I've seen "irony" misused on this board. It gets really annoying after awhile. It's a pet peeve, just like "you're" being spelled "your", "they're" being "their", etc etc... You've taught me something new here that I wasn't aware of. If it makes you feel better, I take the Carlin approach to linguistics with similar pet peeves. Too much use of the prefix "pre", as in "pre-loaded" "pre-scooped", etc... If you look carefully, anything with an "ed" on the end means past tense. Putting "pre" before it, is redundant, but, because we love our media buzzwords, we use these terms. Suffice to say, I agree with where you're coming from and understand. Bottom line, people must change thier own habits, good or bad. We can't really change them. You or I being upset a lot, only hurts ourselves. Trust me, I've learned this lesson the hard way.
bgwfreak Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Ooooooh....maybe they'll have one of those cool 80s Arrow coasters in the movie! Jahan will wet himself!
Malky Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 That movie looks hot! I really want to see it... After seeing Superbad, it must be awsome!
Not For Sale Posted September 27, 2007 Author Posted September 27, 2007 Screamscape confirmed Kennywood as the filming location. It has been confirmed that Kennywood be used as a primary shooting location for the film Adventureland, the next film from Greg Mottola (director of Superbad). Even better for locals… they are holding a casting call for a few supporting characters and extras for the film (details here) and expect to begin filming in early October. Link
downunder Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 This could be a really fun movie, Superbad was really really good. I'm sure there will be sighs of recognition from the theatres full of amusement park employees when it comes out.
Zen Coaster Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Hahaha, Kennywood? Brilliant stuff. It was cool to visit Magic Mountain being a fan of National Lampoon's Vacation. So... to be in the reverse situation of having been to the park on the Midwest Trip when seeing the movie will rock.
Goliath513 Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 After seeing Superbad, I'm making this movie a must see for me. At least this roller coaster movie will have me laughing instead of worrying for dear life (Rollercoaster, Final Destination 3). I haven't seen Rollercoaster, but the crash scene in FD3 was one of the cheesiest scenes ever. I just laughed at how bad they did on realism and all. And yes Superbad was an awesome movie and I'm sure this will be too. I wonder if this movie was inspired by TPR trips.
Adrenaline_Rush Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Its not really ironic, its more like a similie, just without the like as thing. There similar in a sorts...though there is no reason to fuse over this whole thing. Unless its someone who uses txt tlk then I'd be freaking fusing over the problem.
texcoaster Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Too much use of the prefix "pre", as in "pre-loaded" "pre-scooped", etc... If you look carefully, anything with an "ed" on the end means past tense. Putting "pre" before it, is redundant No, it's not. "Redundant" is two instances of the same thing. Since the prefix "pre" and the suffix "ed" are clearly NOT the same meaning, it's not redundant. "The Department of Redundancy Department" is redundant. Lap bars and seatbelts are redundant safety devices.
supertrooper Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 ^Such as the topic: "Magic Mountain's 2008 announcement later in the future?" I cringe every time I read that. and... "Its not really ironic, its more like a similie, just without the like as thing. There similar in a sorts...though there is no reason to fuse over this whole thing. Unless its someone who uses txt tlk then I'd be freaking fusing over the problem." What? Perhaps you shouldn't have chimed in on a discussion about English and grammar.
ParkTrips Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 let's return to the topic of the movie please, thanks!
Shavethewhales Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 Meh, from what I've heard of the plot, it doesn't sound all that interesting. Of course, 3 sentences can hardly describe a movie that has yet to be filmed. Anyways, it doesn't even sound like this movie will be all that much about theme parks as it is about another loser guy trying to overcome his problems and getting hooked up with a chick along the way.
Not For Sale Posted November 23, 2008 Author Posted November 23, 2008 The trailer is up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtVnRAY5LQE Release date according to IMDB is March 27th.
TheRapidsNerd Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 This movie looks like a lot of fun, especially if it's similar in style to Super Bad.
Reality15 Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 It looks interesting. I still thing he should have worked in rides, because everyone knows the best job at any park is ride operations.
KrakenKing Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 I like how at the end of the trailer it shows Phantom's Revenge and this movie is supposed to take place in '87. Of course, the majority of the people that will see this movie won't know that.
Erik Johnson Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 The actor looks nothing like you Bryan.
DBru Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 Ehh, it looks decent. Ryan Reynolds is usually pretty funny, but he's the only actor I know in the film. Is that the girl from Twilight? (It looks like her from the previews...)
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