Well this is strange. It appears Disney is planning a comedy about male synchronized swimmers. We get wind of this project from the underwater caves of Yahoo:
Disney is developing a comedy that pokes fun at the world of synchronized swimming. “Synchronicity” will center on male synchronized swimmers and follow in the steps — or strokes — of sports comedies from the likes of Will Ferrell and Ben Stiller. Disney-based producer Scott Rudin will develop the project.
The fictional sport of male synchronized swimming — only women can compete in the sport at the Olympics — has been a popular comedic target dating back to Harry Shearer and Martin Short’s well-known “Saturday Night Live” skit in 1984.
When I woke up this morning, I didn’t expect to post about synchronized swimmers, that is for certain. I wonder if Disney’ s going to bring us a modern old yeller tragedy where one of the swimmers has a tragic accident and the team is forced to go on, whilst we watch on with moistened eyes.
If they are going to do this film in the vein of a Will Ferrell or Ben Stiller comedy I’ m guessing it will be about a jackass team of underdogs that eventually gain the affection of planet earth. My question is, will Disney be able to pull this off while remaining kid friendly? I think the best way to pull off the family friendly angle is to have the swim team be a group of clean living Mormons from Utah; I think this would be both hilarious and safe. Aqua missionaries preaching the gospel through synchronized swimming! The could even swim to songs sung by the Mormon Tabernacle choir!
International friends – how would you like to see this movie play out?
this is terrible. i do synchro and it’s not something to make fun of. have the producers of this movie ever even tried synchro?
20 bucks says they wouldn’t be able to do it.
synchro gets made fun of a lot as it is, a disney movie about it will just make it a lot worse.
what a bad move for disney!
PS: I can’t help myself whenever I think ‘Mormon’ I think of the movie ‘Orgazmo’, maybe Matt Stone and Trey Parker should have a go at this movie :-P
I’m more interested in this Disney all male cheerleaders team movie:
http://www.oceanup.com/oceanup/2008/07/new-disney-movi.html
No Stan, sadly it never occurred to me to google that action :P
That film sounds awesome! I wonder if Disney is going to rip it off?
Dolphin Trainers = awesome
Um…
Does anyone realize that there was already a very successful Japanese comedy about Synchronized Swimming Dudes.
A bunch of highschool kids are trained by this dolphin trainer that works at a japanese “Sea World”.
Look it up, its called “Water Boys”.
More speedos? I don’t think Will Ferrell will stop until every age group has seen him naked.
agreed
This project sounds… weird… and not in any good way. I cringe at the thought of it, because (assuming that this is live action, which is sounds like) this is just a continuation of the bad live action trend that Disney has going.
It’ll have at least one gay joke.