The Onion Movie Finally Reaching Store Shelves
Jean Tisdale waits silently outside Grumman's Chinese Theater.
After five years in deep freeze, it looks as though The Onion Movie might be getting its chance to make audiences laugh.
They won’t be theatrical audiences — according to a report from Mashable (via Silicon Alley Insider), the film will be heading straight to DVD — but for those of us who long ago wrote off the project as permanently dead, this news still comes as something of a pleasant surprise.
Development on the sketch comedy film started in 2003, and it was targeted for a 2004 release — which obviously came and went. It’s been years since any news was leaked, and it’s anyone’s guess as to why Fox Searchlight settled on ’08; presumably, studio execs finally realized releasing it to DVD would be at least as cost-effective as letting the footage rot.
If you haven’t seen the trailer for The Onion Movie, follow the New York Times link below!
Source: Mashable
Source: Silicon Alley Insider
Source: New York Times (trailer)
