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Published on: 11/13/2006
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Writer/director Dave Willis promises weird cameos, boundary-pushing hilarity in Cartoon Network film, due in 2007.
SAN DIEGO, California - Seven years ago, writer/director Dave Willis had a vision of a talking meatball, a paternal box of French fries and the frosty beverage that consistently gets them into all sorts of misadventures.Most people would get off the drugs at that point and seek a good 12-step program.Willis, however, decided to make it into a prime-time cartoon show."Matt Maiellaro and I came up with the idea back in 1999," Willis said of "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," the most bizarre cult show on television, which is approaching a half-decade of alien-abducting, urine-drinking lunacy."It was a failed 'Space Ghost [Coast to Coast]' script.We weren't allowed to make it as a 'Space Ghost,' so Cartoon Network was like, 'Well, let's see if we can make an entire series, and then a movie.' " You heard that right - the adventures of Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake are coming to a multiplex near you.Recently, the first minute of "The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Film for Theaters" was unveiled on the show's Web site, along with a promise that the flick would be "In theaters at some point in 2007."(See the wacky movie clip for yourself right here.) Even the series' most die-hard fans don't know what the movie's plot is - and after watching the photo-real clip of the Aqua Teens emerging from the Sphinx's sphincter, speaking in gibberish and engaging in a laser-eye battle with a giant poodle, most of them probably feel like they know even less than they did before.Giving a preview of the flick, Willis was willing to reveal some plot points, particularly those concerning the Aqua Teens' obnoxious, hirsute New Jersey neighbor Carl Brutananadilewski (who, like Meatwad, is voiced by Willis).Giving a preview of the flick, Willis was willing to reveal some plot points, particularly those concerning the Aqua Teens' obnoxious, hirsute New Jersey neighbor Carl Brutananadilewski (who, like Meatwad, is voiced by Willis).
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He's muscular and cut because he's ingesting mammoth amounts of human-growth hormone," Willis revealed."His head grows to eight times its original size."As for the actual Aqua Teen Hunger Force - who, it should be noted, are not teenagers, rarely go near the water and are hardly a force, although they do frequently eat - Willis said if you're expecting some sort of heart-tugging coming-of-age story, you're probably reading the wrong interview right now."A personal story?Oh, like a journey?Like learning?"he laughed mockingly."No, no, no.
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"There are actually plenty [of cameos], and we won't credit any of them," Willis promised."We can't say who, because of union rules.You'll just have to listen for them."In something of an Abbott and Costello "Who's on First?"-like gag, Willis did confirm a cameo by an appropriately titled musical group."We have the band Cameo," he revealed, grinning.
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Willis does know this much, however: With a cast of charismatic food, a giant canine villain and cameos by geek favorites, soft-rock songwriters and '80s funk veterans, the movie ought to appeal to at least as broad an audience as, say, "Titanic."" 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' is really macho and cool," he smiled.
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- Dave Willis
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