Somehow arriving completely in between the quite a few months when “Barbenheimer” was all that anyone needed to speak about on the web, and Oscars season, which can inevitably revive the dialog surrounding the unintended double function—actually touchdown in a type of excellent lacuna of curiosity—B-movie grasp Charles Band has introduced that he’s making an precise Barbenheimer film of his personal. The Puppet Master co-creator—who has now made practically 400 movies, most of them some taste of horrible, and virtually all of them some taste of low-cost—publicized the upcoming mash-up thought on the American Film Market this weekend.
The film, unsurprisingly, will give attention to residing dolls, who exit into the true world, learn the way we deal with our playthings, and resolve to invent their very own nukes to actual retribution. And if you wish to gauge the extent of comedy at play right here, please ponder the tagline “D-Cup, A-Bomb,” and the truth that the principle characters shall be “Dr. Bambi J Barbenheimer” and her boyfriend, “Twink Dollman.” Truly, Charles Band has change into demise, destroyer of subtext.
Ironically, probably the most charming factor about the entire endeavor is how shameless Band himself is about what he’s as much as, telling THR that “It’s 100% true,” that he’s making an attempt to capitalize over this summer season’s obsession with Barbie and Oppenheimer.“But it’s additionally,” he provides, “An alternative to have enjoyable with the weird coupling of those two motion pictures and the mixture of Barbie’s vibe and the darkness of Oppenheimer. You combine that collectively and you’ve got such a possibility for darkish humor.” (He’s additionally placing up what’s, for Charles Band, an infinite amount of cash for the manufacturing, with a price range anticipated to get near the million-dollar mark.)
Barbenheimer will apparently launch a while in 2024.
