Fanboys News

A short blurb from the SciFiWire came up today, stating that Comedy Central bought the rights for Superhero movie, along with the yet-to-be-released film, Fanboys, which features several members of the 501st and their gear.

Comedy Central, which has agreed to pay the Weinstein Co. $2.7 million for cable rights to Superhero Movie as part of a deal that also includes pre-buys of two unreleased titles, including the Star Wars-themed Fanboys, Variety reported.

Following up with Variety, they announce that Fanboys and The Promotion were both part of the deal.

Comedy Central nabs Weinstein trio
Pact includes 'Superhero Movie,' Fanboys'
Spoof 'Superhero Movie' will become available to Comedy Central starting in September 2010.
"Superhero Movie" is blasting its way onto Comedy Central, which has agreed to pay the Weinstein Co. $2.7 million for cable rights to the picture as part of a deal that also includes pre-buys of two unreleased titles: "Fanboys" and "The Promotion."
Comedy Central will end up paying TWC about 11% of the final domestic box office of "Fanboys" and "The Promotion."
There's no release date yet on "Fanboys," directed by Kyle Newman, which deals with a group of young people who trek cross country in 1998 to sneak into George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch to steal a print of "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" before the movie's release.

Comedy Central gets "Superhero Movie" in September 2010, "Fanboys" in December 2010 and "Promotion" in March 2011.

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What seems to be significant here is the mention of box office receipts, which leads me to believe that the Weinsteins are still looking at a theatrical release for the movie, which has been delayed several times now and has been plagued with a bit of controversy over the content of the movie. (The revised version aka, cancer free blurb is still up on the Weinstein's webpage). Hopefully, they will be locking down yet another release date, hopefully sooner, rather than later.