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SLAMMIN’ SALMON’s Messy Poster

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“Bring a Bib, It’s Gonna Get Messy.”

The tagline at the bottom says it all.  This new poster for Broken Lizard’s latest comedy, THE SLAMMIN’ SALMON, courtesy of the people over at  IMP Awards, it pretty messy.  It features the mainstays of the cast including Michael Clarke Duncan’s Cleon ‘Slammin’ Salmon towering over the other guys.  However, this, much like that horrendous poster for TAKERS, looks like a Photoshop job gone horribly wrong.  About the only thing about this that looks natural in any sense of the word is the fresh fish Jay Chandrasekhar is presenting to us.

Check it out right here:

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This is kind of a shame when you consider the professional-looking and, more often than not, involved posters the Broken Lizard films have generated in the past.  Nonetheless, you should check out the film when it hits theaters later this year.  While it’s not as good as their previous entries (most of that lays at the feet of first-time director Kevin Heffernan) it’s still head and shoulders above a lot of what passes for comedy these days.

THE SLAMMIN’ SALMON is set for release on December 11th.

SLAMMIN’ SALMON Knocking Your Head Off in December

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While I wasn’t just the hugest fan of Broken Lizard’s latest movie, THE SLAMMIN’ SALMON (you can check out my SXSW review right here), I still have to give credit to the comedy troupe for the film.  Even their weakest film, which I believe this to be, is still funnier than 90% of the comedies that typically come out.  You can probably knocked that down to 75-80% for the last couple of years, but it still gets a passing grade.

Having said that, I am shocked it took this long, but the film has finally been picked up for distribution.  According to Variety, Anchor Bay picked up all US, UK, and Australian rights to the film, and they plan to release the film in the US in December.  Not only that, but Comedy Central has also acquired first-run rights for free TV.

With films like SPREAD and BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT under Anchor Bay’s theatrical belt, THE SLAMMIN’ SALMON could see the company’s widest release.  However, having said that, I don’t see the film getting the near-3000 screen wide release BEERFEST got in 2006.  Expect more in the 1700-1800 screen release range that Broken Lizard’s first two features, SUPER TROOPERS and CLUB DREAD, received.

No specific date for release has been set.

‘The Slammin’ Salmon’ Red Carpet Screening

Broken Lizard hosted the first-ever screening of their fifth feature film, ‘The Slammin’ Salmon‘,  starring Michael Clark Duncan as Cleon ‘Slammin’ Salmon. The gang are taking the film to Park City and this was the only private screening before the World Premiere at Slamdance.

As Paul Soter put it: “We’re going to the dance.”

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