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Believe it or not, "Good Burger" is about to be back open for business, over 25 years after the original Nickelodeon movie hit theaters. In a surprise appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," the film's dynamic duo, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, appeared at the top of the show to officially announce that "Good Burger 2" had officially been given the greenlight over at the Paramount+ streaming service.
Variety reports "Good Burger 2" will be written and executive produced by Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, who not only co-wrote the original film but also worked on "All That." The duo will also get writing help from James III, a younger talent who worked as a writer on the reboot of "All That." Directing duties will fall to Phil Traill, who is best known for directing...
Believe it or not, "Good Burger" is about to be back open for business, over 25 years after the original Nickelodeon movie hit theaters. In a surprise appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," the film's dynamic duo, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, appeared at the top of the show to officially announce that "Good Burger 2" had officially been given the greenlight over at the Paramount+ streaming service.
Variety reports "Good Burger 2" will be written and executive produced by Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, who not only co-wrote the original film but also worked on "All That." The duo will also get writing help from James III, a younger talent who worked as a writer on the reboot of "All That." Directing duties will fall to Phil Traill, who is best known for directing...
- 3/18/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Updated, 9:20 Am: Quibi has ordered Varsity Blues to series. “For all those who cheered Mox’s refrain, ‘I don’t want your life,’ as well as all those who never heard of the West Canaan Coyotes, we’re thrilled to bring Varsity Blues to Quibi and into the 21st century,” executive producer Mike Tollin said. Read details below.
Previously, July 11: Quibi is revisiting Varsity Blues. Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form video platform has put in development Varsity Blues, a modern take on the 1999 movie, with the film’s original producers Mike Tollin and Tova Laiter attached. The project hails from Tollin and Peter Guber’s Msm and Paramount Television.
The project will be penned by Tripper Clancy (Stuber) and directed by Anne Fletcher (Dumplin’). Tollin and John Gatins executive produce along with Laiter. Paramount TV is the studio. Maia Glikman will oversee the project for Msm.
Previously, July 11: Quibi is revisiting Varsity Blues. Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form video platform has put in development Varsity Blues, a modern take on the 1999 movie, with the film’s original producers Mike Tollin and Tova Laiter attached. The project hails from Tollin and Peter Guber’s Msm and Paramount Television.
The project will be penned by Tripper Clancy (Stuber) and directed by Anne Fletcher (Dumplin’). Tollin and John Gatins executive produce along with Laiter. Paramount TV is the studio. Maia Glikman will oversee the project for Msm.
- 11/15/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The 1999 high school football film Varsity Blues is being adapted into a series for the new streaming service Quibi. This series is said to be a “modern take” on the story and the producers of the original film Mike Tollin and Tova Laiter are on board to help develop it.
In a statement regarding the new series, Tollin said:
“For all those who cheered Mox’s refrain, ‘I don’t want your life,’ as well as all those who never heard of the West Canaan Coyotes, we’re thrilled to bring Varsity Blues to Quibi and into the 21st century!”
The project has a solid creative team that includes writer Tripper Clancy (Stuber) taking on the script and it will be directed by Anne Fletcher (Dumplin’).
James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, and Scott Caan starred in the original film which centered on “a small-town 3A...
In a statement regarding the new series, Tollin said:
“For all those who cheered Mox’s refrain, ‘I don’t want your life,’ as well as all those who never heard of the West Canaan Coyotes, we’re thrilled to bring Varsity Blues to Quibi and into the 21st century!”
The project has a solid creative team that includes writer Tripper Clancy (Stuber) taking on the script and it will be directed by Anne Fletcher (Dumplin’).
James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, and Scott Caan starred in the original film which centered on “a small-town 3A...
- 7/15/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
No one is more excited about Leslie Grossman’s return to Ryan Murphy’s world than Leslie Grossman herself. The self-professed TV fangirl, who admits to binging on shows like Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale (and who has proudly watched every single episode of Housewives and Saturday Night Live), first worked with Murphy for the short-lived WB high school drama series Popular back in 1999.
Her highly quotable character, Mary Cherry, whom Murphy created specifically for her, seemed to temporarily typecast Grossman as a slightly oblivious, decidedly spoiled cheerleader type, and over the years, Grossman played into the caricature on shows like Nip/Tuck (another Murphy creation), What I Like About You and Modern Family.
But more recently, Grossman has resurfaced in an unlikely but inevitable place: as impressionable, politically apathetic, Nicole Kidman-loving Meadow Wilton, who takes a dark turn, on Murphy’s American Horror Story: Cult-- and, she tells Et the...
Her highly quotable character, Mary Cherry, whom Murphy created specifically for her, seemed to temporarily typecast Grossman as a slightly oblivious, decidedly spoiled cheerleader type, and over the years, Grossman played into the caricature on shows like Nip/Tuck (another Murphy creation), What I Like About You and Modern Family.
But more recently, Grossman has resurfaced in an unlikely but inevitable place: as impressionable, politically apathetic, Nicole Kidman-loving Meadow Wilton, who takes a dark turn, on Murphy’s American Horror Story: Cult-- and, she tells Et the...
- 10/10/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Grab your beer, set your lineups and welcome the new football season! Yes, thats right! The 2017-2018 NFL season is here and to help kickoff this season I’ve decided to do a top five dedicated to films about the sport. I have always loved the sport since I was a kid. From playing “Tecmo Bowl”, “Madden” just about every year and NFL Blitz to playing the real thing for a number of years. I love the sport almost as much as I love movies. When you put the two together you can get some really memorable films. Here’s my picks for top five football films.
Little Giants
It seems like each sport has at least one film made for children. Baseball has Sandlot, hockey has Mighty Ducks, basketball has Space Jam and so on. Well when it comes to football that film is Little Giants. The Little Giants...
Little Giants
It seems like each sport has at least one film made for children. Baseball has Sandlot, hockey has Mighty Ducks, basketball has Space Jam and so on. Well when it comes to football that film is Little Giants. The Little Giants...
- 9/7/2017
- by Chris Salce
- Age of the Nerd
Popular premiered in 1999 and was cancelled in 2001, after two seasons on The WB. The teen comedy-drama features popular cheerleader Brooke McQueen (Leslie Bibb) and nerdy high school journalist Sam McPherson (Carly Pope). The two are forced to live together, when Sam's mom, Jane (Lisa Darr) gets engaged to Brooke's dad, Mike (Scott Bryce). The cast also included: Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham, Sara Rue, Bryce Johnson, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Leslie Grossman, and the late Ron Lester.Popular was successful writer-producer Ryan Murphy's first foray into TV. The American Horror Story and American Crime Story created, co-created Popular with Lisa Matthews. Murphy tells EW that during the show's run, The WB was "relentlessly homophobic," toward the TV series.Read More…...
- 9/27/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Country Music Television is aiming to get the blues. Deadline reports Cmt and Paramount Television are developing a Varsity Blues TV show, based on the 1999 film of the same name. The feature starred Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek as second string Quarterback, Jonathan Moxon or "Mox."Cmt has ordered a script from original film scribe, W. Peter Iliff. The writer's other work includes Rites of Passage, Under Suspicion, Patriot Games, and Point Break. The movie cast also included Jon Voight, Scott Caan, Richard Lineback, Tiffany C. Love, Amy Smart, and Thomas F. Duffy, as well as the late Paul Walker and Ron Lester.Read More…...
- 8/17/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Oscar nominated-writer Michael Herr died Thursday in New York. He was 76. Herr’s publisher Knopf confirmed that the writer had died in a New York hospital after battling a lengthy illness, The Guardian reported. Herr penned the Vietnam War memoir “Dispatches” and contributed to two iconic films on the subject, Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Apocalypse Now” and “Stanley Kubrick‘s “Full Metal Jacket.” Also Read: Ron Lester, Star of 'Varsity Blues,' Dies at 45 “Dispatches” exposed the destructions of the Vietnam War in the 1970s and is considered a nonfiction classic. The book is often used in college classrooms...
- 6/24/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Bluegrass music legend Ralph Stanley died Thursday. He was 89. His publicist, Kirt Webster, confirmed the singer’s passing, the Associated Press reported. Among his countless accomplishments, the Appalachian music patriarch was featured on the soundtrack for the Coen Brothers’ film, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” singing a chilling a cappella folk version of “O Death.” Also Read: Ron Lester, Star of 'Varsity Blues,' Dies at 45 Stanley was born and raised in amid the coal mines and forests of southwest Virginia, where he and his brother, Carter Stanley, formed the Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1946. Their...
- 6/24/2016
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Ron Lester, best know for his roll as Billy Bob in 1999’s Varsity Blues, died Friday due to liver and kidney failure. The day after the news had broke, Lester’s Blues co-star James Van Der Beek paid tribute to him on Twitter. Van Der Beek commended Lester’s character and acting talents: Sad day… #RonLester was a sensitive […]
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- 6/21/2016
- by Khoreen Eccleston
- Uinterview
The death of “Varsity Blues” and “Popular” star Ron Lester, who died Friday at age 45, has prompted a flood of tributes from his costars, with Leslie Bibb, Christopher Gorham and other colleagues sharing their grief and memories on social media. Bibb, who played Brooke McQueen opposite Lester’s Michael “Sugar Daddy” Bernardino on the TV series “Popular” from 1999 to 2001, recalled, “Ron Lester was the sweetest, huggiest, kindest boy in the world…we will miss you ‘Sugar Daddy’!” Added fellow “Popular” costar Carly Pope, “Heartache. For all who knew his bold and bright light, we are ever lucky. Shine on in.
- 6/18/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
[caption id="attachment_51068" align="aligncenter" width="385"] Freaks and Geeks and Popular TV show actor Ron Lester dead at 45. Photo: Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock.com./caption]
Gone too soon, actor Ron Lester, featured in the Freaks and Geeks and Popular TV shows has died too young, at the age of 45. TMZ reports the actor, who rose to fame in the 1999 feature film, Varsity Blues, had been hospitalized for four months and had requested to be taken off life support. Lester reportedly died of liver and kidney failure and had been in hospice care.
Lester's TV series roles include playing Seidleman on the first and (sadly) only season of Freaks and Geeks, which was cancelled by NBC in 2000, after only one perfect (if horribly mis-scheduled) season of 18 episodes. Lester also played Michael "Sugar Daddy" Bernadino, on Ryan Murphy's Popular TV series dramedy, which was cancelled by The WB, after two...
Gone too soon, actor Ron Lester, featured in the Freaks and Geeks and Popular TV shows has died too young, at the age of 45. TMZ reports the actor, who rose to fame in the 1999 feature film, Varsity Blues, had been hospitalized for four months and had requested to be taken off life support. Lester reportedly died of liver and kidney failure and had been in hospice care.
Lester's TV series roles include playing Seidleman on the first and (sadly) only season of Freaks and Geeks, which was cancelled by NBC in 2000, after only one perfect (if horribly mis-scheduled) season of 18 episodes. Lester also played Michael "Sugar Daddy" Bernadino, on Ryan Murphy's Popular TV series dramedy, which was cancelled by The WB, after two...
- 6/18/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Ron Lester, best known for playing Billy Bob in the 1999 James Van Der Beek-starring film Varsity Blues, died tonight in Dallas after battling liver and kidney ailments. He was 45. “Tonight my friends we lost my good friend and actor Ron Lester – He passed at 8:57 pm Dallas TX Time. He was not in any pain and passed away peacefully,” said Lester’s manager, Dave Bradley in a message posted to Facebook. The Georgia native broke into acting doing commercials in Atlanta, but…...
- 6/18/2016
- Deadline TV
Ron Lester, best known for playing Billy Bob in the 1999 James Van Der Beek-starring film Varsity Blues, died tonight in Dallas after battling liver and kidney ailments. He was 45. “Tonight my friends we lost my good friend and actor Ron Lester – He passed at 8:57 pm Dallas TX Time. He was not in any pain and passed away peacefully,” said Lester’s manager, Dave Bradley in a message posted to Facebook. The Georgia native broke into acting doing commercials in Atlanta, but…...
- 6/18/2016
- Deadline
Ron Lester -- the lovable heavyset man in "Varsity Blues" -- has died ... TMZ has learned. The man famously known for playing Billy Bob in the 1999 football flick had been hospitalized in Dallas for roughly four months. His health had been in a steady decline but turned for the worst Friday. We're told Lester requested to be taken off life support and passed around 9 Pm central time. His fiancée was by his side. Lester --...
- 6/18/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ron Lester, best known to TV audiences as Michael ‘Sugar Daddy’ Bernardino on The WB’s Popular, died Friday of kidney and liver failure, according to multiple reports. He was 45.
Lester’s credits also included a recurring stint on the late, great Freaks and Geeks and a co-starring role in 1999’s Varsity Blues.
According to TMZ, the Georgia native had been hospitalized in Dallas for the past four months.
“I will remember Ron as the sweetest most loving guy who would hug you until you couldn’t breathe,” Leslie Grossman, Lester’s co-star on Popular, shared on Twitter late Friday.
Lester’s credits also included a recurring stint on the late, great Freaks and Geeks and a co-starring role in 1999’s Varsity Blues.
According to TMZ, the Georgia native had been hospitalized in Dallas for the past four months.
“I will remember Ron as the sweetest most loving guy who would hug you until you couldn’t breathe,” Leslie Grossman, Lester’s co-star on Popular, shared on Twitter late Friday.
- 6/18/2016
- TVLine.com
Ron Lester, who played Billy Bob in the 1999 flick Varsity Blues, has passed away at the age of 45. His agent Dave Bradley confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that the actor died Friday evening of liver and kidney failure. Earlier today, Lester was transported from an intensive care unit at a Dallas-area hospital into hospice care, according to the magazine. Lester got his start in Hollywood back in 1997 when he had a part in the Nickelodeon hit Good Burger shortly before Varsity Blues. In an interview with Movieweb just four months ago, Lester opened up about why the role of Billy Bob was near and dear to his heart. "I had the same feelings that my character had. Jon Voight is like a...
- 6/18/2016
- E! Online
Ron Lester - famous for his role as Billy Bob in Varsity Blues - has died, his agent Dave Bradley confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. He was 45. Early Friday, Bradley reported that Lester was in critical condition at a Dallas hospital after suffering liver and kidney failure. Lester's first got his start in the 1997 Nickelodeon film Good Burger, before going on to star as the lovable football player in 1999's Varsity Blues. More recently he made an appearance on CSI: NY and had a part in the upcoming film Bomb City which is currently filming. The last time the actor addressed...
- 6/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarane
- PEOPLE.com
Ron Lester - famous for his role as Billy Bob in Varsity Blues - has died, his agent Dave Bradley confirmed to Entertainment Weekly. He was 45. Early Friday, Bradley reported that Lester was in critical condition at a Dallas hospital after suffering liver and kidney failure. Lester's first got his start in the 1997 Nickelodeon film Good Burger, before going on to star as the lovable football player in 1999'2 Varsity Blues. More recently he made an appearance on CSI: NY and had a part in the upcoming film Bomb City which is currently filming. The last time the actor, 45, addressed...
- 6/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarane
- PEOPLE.com
Ron Lester - famous for his role as Billy Bob in Varsity Blues - is currently in critical condition at a Dallas hospital after suffering liver and kidney failure, his agent Dave Bradley confirmed to Entertainment Weekly on Friday. The last time the actor, 45, addressed his health issues was in November, at which time he seemed to be doing better. "Liver & kidneys are starting to heal, Came close to dying! With out my fiancé (sic) Jennifer Worland, I wouldn't be alive," he wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of the pair exchanging a kiss. Liver & kidneys are starting to heal,...
- 6/18/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarane
- PEOPLE.com
Ron Lester -- who famously played Billy Bob in "Varsity Blues" -- is hospitalized in critical condition and it doesn't look good ... TMZ Sports has learned. We've confirmed the 45-year-old actor is hospitalized in Dallas. Multiple people connected to Lester tell us he's been there for roughly 4 months and his health has been in a steady decline. Lester had revealed he was hospitalized back in November due to liver issues. We're told there were also problems with his kidneys.
- 6/17/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The boys are back together!James Van Der Beek met up with his "Varsity Blues" costars Eliel Swinton (Wendell Brown) and Ron Lester (Billy Bob) on Thursday -- and took to Twitter to share of photo from the mini reunion."Mini Varsity Blues reunion for NFL.com... w/ @coacheswinton & about 1/4 of the @RonLesterRadio I remember," the "Dawson's Creek" alum wrote along with the snapshot.Lester certainly looks different now -- he lost around 350 pounds in 2001 after undergoing gastric bypass surgery!So, what have these guys been doing since their glory days on the football field?After playing Mox in the high school sports flick, Van Der Beek continued to play Dawson on "Dawson's Creek," and he later starred in a series of television shows, including "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," "How I Met Your Mother" and the just-canceled "Friends with Better Lives."Ron would later star on "Freaks and Geeks...
- 6/13/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “Billy Bob’s Blues” — Thomas Golianopoulos at Grantland shares the incredible story of Ron Lester, the funny fat guy sidekick of Varsity Blues, who lost 300 pounds and his career. In a business that’s all about image, extending his life expectancy meant shedding his identity and the thing that made him unique. Still, how sustainable would a career as a funny fat guy have been? “School Daze shut down early notions about Spike Lee’s filmmaking identity” — Nathan Rabin at The Dissolve compares and contrasts the aggressive sexuality of She’s Gotta Have It with the atypical tightness of his sophomore film. “Roman Polanski Talks His Life and Career, Venus in Fur and Retirement” — Scott Foundas at Variety spends time with the seasoned director in an estate hidden away from the rest of...
- 4/11/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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It’s hard to believe that 15 years ago today, Varsity Blues, a teen high school drama starring James Van Der Beek debuted in theaters. The first of a string of a 1999 MTV Films releases, the movie told the story of a small football town in Texas where losing wasn’t an option. Van Der Beek portrayed Jonathan Moxon, the intelligent yet rebellious second-string quarterback who had to step up when Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) was injured. His team included Billy Bob (Ron Lester), the sensitive offensive guard, Charlie Tweeder (Scott Caan), the rightfully-cocky wide receiver and Wendell Brown (Eliel Swinton), the talented running back. As we look back on the life we always wanted, Lester shares things you may have not known about the film, such as who was up for the Van Der Beek’s role.
1) Chris Klein was up for the main role, Jonathan “Mox...
It’s hard to believe that 15 years ago today, Varsity Blues, a teen high school drama starring James Van Der Beek debuted in theaters. The first of a string of a 1999 MTV Films releases, the movie told the story of a small football town in Texas where losing wasn’t an option. Van Der Beek portrayed Jonathan Moxon, the intelligent yet rebellious second-string quarterback who had to step up when Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) was injured. His team included Billy Bob (Ron Lester), the sensitive offensive guard, Charlie Tweeder (Scott Caan), the rightfully-cocky wide receiver and Wendell Brown (Eliel Swinton), the talented running back. As we look back on the life we always wanted, Lester shares things you may have not known about the film, such as who was up for the Van Der Beek’s role.
1) Chris Klein was up for the main role, Jonathan “Mox...
- 1/15/2014
- by Stacy Lambe
- TheFabLife - Movies
The death of Paul Walker is still reverberating throughout Hollywood. Walker died of traumatic blunt force injury and thermal injuries according to the autopsy. Paul Walker's Varsity Blues co-star Ron Lester, who played the character "Billy Bob" alongside Paul Walker in the movie Varsity Blues, made a video about his late friend. Here is a still from the film with Paul Walker (L), Scott Caan(C) and Ron Lester(R).
- 12/4/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Before he starred in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise, Paul Walker was a bona fide teen heartthrob in the classic '90s flick "Varsity Blues."While costars James Van Der Beek and Ali Larter posted their condolences on Twitter after Walker's death on Saturday, we reached out to some of the other actors in the film and asked them to share their own memories."With a very heavy heart, I tried to reach out to Paul Walker's family, to let them know how fond I was of their son and what an awesome father he was," Ron Lester (Aka Billy Bob) tells toofab. "One of the greatest moments in my acting career was being in a little movie called 'Varsity Blues' with Paul ... and from day one, he became a true friend!"Eliel Swinton, who played Wendell Brown (left), echoed Lester's sentiments."It was an honor...
- 12/3/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Jonathan Ke Quan : Short Round in Temple of the Doom and Data Wang in Goonies
Dana Barron: Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation
Austin O'Brien: Danny Madigan in The Last Action Hero
Ben Savage: Cory Mathews in "Boy Meets World"
Harvey Stephens: Damien in the original The Omen
Jeremy London: Ts in Mallrats
Jeremy Miller: Ben Seaver in "Growing Pains"
Jonathan Lipnicki: Ray Boyd in Jerry Maguire
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.: Jason Dobler in Say Anything
Ron Lester: Billy Bob in Varsity Blues
Ross Malinger : Jonah Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle
Tiffany Brisette: Vickie the Robot in "Small Wonder"
Jonathon Taylor Thomas: Randy Taylor in "Home Improvement"
Jason Hervey: Wayne Arnold in "The Wonder Years"...
Dana Barron: Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation
Austin O'Brien: Danny Madigan in The Last Action Hero
Ben Savage: Cory Mathews in "Boy Meets World"
Harvey Stephens: Damien in the original The Omen
Jeremy London: Ts in Mallrats
Jeremy Miller: Ben Seaver in "Growing Pains"
Jonathan Lipnicki: Ray Boyd in Jerry Maguire
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.: Jason Dobler in Say Anything
Ron Lester: Billy Bob in Varsity Blues
Ross Malinger : Jonah Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle
Tiffany Brisette: Vickie the Robot in "Small Wonder"
Jonathon Taylor Thomas: Randy Taylor in "Home Improvement"
Jason Hervey: Wayne Arnold in "The Wonder Years"...
- 7/22/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
The 2010 NFL Draft gets underway tonight, giving sports fans something new to argue about for at least a couple of weeks. The draft's rules and the selection process are significantly more complex than your typical playground pick-'em method for splitting teams, but thankfully, we here at Movies Blog play by our own set of rules.
If given the opportunity to draft a team based on the many fictional football players out there in movie land, this is what you would want your starting roster to look like!
First Round: Dan Marino
Of course Dan Marino, the American Hall of Fame quarterback who unfortunately rubbed Ray Finkle the wrong way in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," is a first-round pick. He was an all-star football player in real life. Sure, he's not exactly in top form these days, but if we're plucking characters straight out of movie history, Marino circa 1994 is a steal.
If given the opportunity to draft a team based on the many fictional football players out there in movie land, this is what you would want your starting roster to look like!
First Round: Dan Marino
Of course Dan Marino, the American Hall of Fame quarterback who unfortunately rubbed Ray Finkle the wrong way in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," is a first-round pick. He was an all-star football player in real life. Sure, he's not exactly in top form these days, but if we're plucking characters straight out of movie history, Marino circa 1994 is a steal.
- 4/22/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
Varsity Blues Quick Thoughts: I was 22-years-old when Varsity Blues came out and while it's about high school students, the fact the majority of the actors are older or only slightly younger than myself it pretty much fit right into my early-twenties wheelhouse. Partying, playing sports and hot blondes in whipped cream bikinis (wait... what?). I mean, what isn't there for a 22-year-old not to love? Of course, the film is downright cheesy -- "I don't want... your life" -- and if you are going to attempt to take it seriously you have seriously taken a misstep. However, that isn't to say this film is an entire farce. High school football in Texas is a big deal and while I have no idea if they take it as far as Jon Voight's Coach Bud Kilmer takes it, I would be surprised if the majority of goings on in this...
- 9/29/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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