Surfer Dude

McConaughey has scored another beach front adventure in Surfer Dude. We get wind of this project thanks to the fabled caves of Yahoo:

The comedy “Surfer, Dude,” starring Matthew McConaughey as a soul-searching surfer who’s experiencing an existential crisis, is set for a summer release. Starz Media subsidiary Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film and plans to release it theatrically in late summer.

Anchor Bay, whose primary business is home entertainment, has been moving toward independent theatrical releases with films such as “The Grand” and “Sex and Death 101.” “The acquisition of ‘Surfer, Dude’ underscores where this company is headed,” Anchor Bay president Bill Clark said. “We will continue to acquire strong titles for theatrical and DVD release while maximizing the abilities of the various divisions at Starz, including our global sales team and the premium entertainment channels.”

This looks like another script crafted for the purposes of showing off the fabled torso of McConaughey. I guess Fool’s Gold made enough money to warrant another beach adventure. In time, I can see topless McConaughey films becoming a genre unto them self. They need to get more ridiculous with the plots however, they should have McConaughey stranded on a planet of virgins. After an emergency crash landing, alien unicorn-wolves rip off the top of his spacesuit before chesty virgin warriors come to his rescue - that is a movie that will please everyone. (I saw a film featuring virgin amazon warriors last night and was inspired).

After doing a post about Roger Corman, I cannot help but suggest a Corman directed, topless McConaughey movie. It can be called Torso of Fortune. Surfer Dude sounds like it will suck, Torso of Fortune sounds like a textbook, in the class of macho.