Several months ago I saw several early animatic clips from The Simpsons Movie due out in 2007 (here’s one) and was immediately concerned about how lowbrow the jokes were. During last night’s episode of The Simpsons they showed the first official teaser for The Simpsons Movie. I had been marking my calendar for the release [...]
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby came out on Friday. As I’ve mentioned before, I had a non-speaking role as Tony the convenience store clerk in a 1976 backstory scene. You can see me in the official movie trailer. In any case, I finally saw the film today. My scene is in the first [...]
Yesterday, Patty, Maegan, and I went to the world premier of Pixar’s newest animated film, Cars. We got the tickets from my employer. Nearly 40,000 people attended the world premier held at Lowe’s Motor Speedway – the largest movie premier in history – but we also got exclusive access to see the stars walk the [...]
The trailer is out for the movie I was an extra in – and I’m in the trailer! The movie was named “High, Wide, and Handsome” but has been renamed “Talladega Nights”. The lead character played by Will Ferrell is named Ricky Bobby and hence the name of the official movie website is RickyBobby.com. Check [...]
A major motion picture is being shot here in the Charlotte area. The film is a comedy starring Will Ferrell as a Nascar driver. The production company held open auditions for extras and I went expecting that I may get to be in a large crowd in the stands for a race sequence. To my [...]