The guys behind 'Meet the Spartans' pitch their next film

Jason Friedberg and Adam Seltzer, better known as the creative force behind parody films like "Date Movie," "Epic Movie" and "Meet the Spartans," meet with a high-powered studio executive to discuss their next project.



Jason Friedberg: Thanks for sitting down with us, sir. We've got a LOT of good ideas. We've been brainstorming all night.
Adam Seltzer: Brainstorming? More like GAYstorming, you homo. LOL. But seriously, we were having sex with each other.
Studio exec: Can we make this quick, guys? I'm really busy today, and also I hate you.
JF: Not after you hear what we've got cooked up now, right broseph?
AS: F*ckin'-A, dude. High five!
JF: High five!
High five
SE: Jesus. (Looks at watch.) OK, let's hear it.
JF: Right, so we've covered romance, we've covered action-adventure and big-budget blockbusters…
AS: …but there's one genre we've left completely untouched. Until now.
JF&AS: Comedy.
SE: You mean… you're going to make something funny. Actually funny.
AS: I told you he wouldn't understand.
JF: We're gonna make FUN of stuff that's funny.
SE: You want to parody… comedies.
JF: Absolutely. Why should they get off so easy, right? Like you know that scene in "Superbad" where the fat kid draws a bunch of dicks? Well, in OUR version… are you ready for this?
AS: I helped come up with this one.
JF: In OUR version, he draws a bunch of… well, dicks. But they're dressed up like different celebrities, you know? Like Britney Spears, Donald Trump, Paris Hilton…
AS: Paris Hilton!! Can you believe that!? That one was mine.
JF: And like, we'd incorporate the pregnancy plot from "Knocked Up," except this time when she gets to the hospital at the end…
AS: …she finds out that she really just had to take a big sh*t all along.
JF: LOLZ!!!!111one
AS: The doctor – who would be played by a Michael Jackson look-alike, by the way – delivers it, and it's seriously, like, a piece of crap the size of a baby.
JF: …and then it grabs a mic and performs a rap song. We haven't decided on which one yet.
AS: We're calling it "Funny Movie." Get it?
SE: Guys, I just don't know on this one. I'm starting to get death threats from movie critics for greenlighting these ideas…

Assistant (busting in): Sir? We just got the weekend numbers in for "Spartans." Looks like we have another hit on our hands.
SE: …Can you guys have a script to me by the end of the day?
JF: We already wrote most of it on this napkin.
SE: Perfect. Get Carmen Electra on the phone. I want this thing shooting by next week.

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