Seems like it’s been a while since we’ve had one of those off-the-wall wacky comedies from the Happy Madison stable. The new film BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR looks to fill that void, putting Nick Swardson in the spotlight as a buck-toothed clueless young man with unrealistic aspirations to become a movie star like his parents… except the movies his parents starred in were vintage porn, and Bucky isn’t exactly packing the same punch his father did. Despite that obvious setback, Bucky goes for celebrity gold, and in the process may find what you have isn’t as important as who you are, or something like that. Christina Ricci, Don Johnson, Stephen Dorff, Kevin Nealon, Nicholas Turturro, Curtis Armstrong, Pauly Shore, Allen Covert, and plenty of real life porn stars make up the rest of the cast. The film was written by Swardson, Covert and Adam Sandler, who are also three of the seven producers behind it. It’s directed by Tom Brady… no, not the New England Patriots’ Tom Brady. This Tom Brady previously brought us THE HOT CHICK and THE COMEBACKS. Check out the poster above and trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR opens September 9, 2011
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
