Good news Star Wars fans, Patrick Read Johnson‘s 5-25-77 looks to be finally set for release. You may recall that the coming-of-age drama about how the release of the original movie shapes a young man’s Hollywood dreams. Aside from being shown at a film festival, the movie has sat on the shelf collecting dust. For more details about the project, check out a cool article at Hollywood Elsewhere.
Variety's Jeff Sneider tweeted today that the film will finally be released this summer,
BREAKING: At long last, it looks like Patrick Read Johnson's Star Wars-centric pic 5-25-77 is coming out this spring on that very day...
Read Johnson responded with the following tweets:
Jeff!5-25-12 isn't our release date!But the cross-countryroad-trip adventure that begins that day will lead us to one!
On 5-25-12, a 1975 Ford Pinto will depart Wadsworth, Illinois to deliver a precious cargo to 3 very important people.yfrog.com/mm9ocyj
The link included the poster shown above. So based on this twitter conversation, it looks as though more news about this film will be released on May 25.
Here’s a plot description:
The film tells the story of an alienated, sci-fi obsessed teen filmmaker named Pat Johnson (John Francis Daley) who must overcome his fear of leaving everything he knows and loves behind to chase his unlikely Hollywood dream. The pending release of a new movie called Star Wars on 5-27-77 is instrumental in shaping Pat’s destiny.
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Source: /Film (http://www.slashfilm.com/patrick-read-johnsons-coming-age-star-wars-movie-77-finally-released/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29)