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Morgan Spurlock Looks at Geekdom With COMIC-CON EPISODE IV!
I’ve heard of this project for a few years now, I might have even written about it here, but documentarian Morgan Spurlock has decided to turn his always quirkly lens toward a subject very near and dear to me, San Diego Comic Con.
Titled Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, the flick (produced by Stan Lee and Josh Whedon) takes a look at the massive celebration of comics and cult culture that is Comic Con. As opposed to looking at it from a strictly historical approach, the flick aims to look at the convention from a more mythological approach, seeing how it effects fans, attendees and overall geek culture.
The first trailer was just released, and I’ve embedded it above. It looks pretty darn good, I just wish we could move beyond the whole Star Wars thing - not the best choice of title, in my opinion.
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope hits limited release on April 6th 2012.
Thursday February 23, 2012