Satire: “The Hollywood Roaster”

Brand new Hollywood satire website called The Hollywood Roaster and it’s worth checking out. Seems to be the effort of a member of the writing tribe:

Established in October of 2008, The Hollywood Roaster is the most influential fake Hollywood news source of our time. The current staff includes 1 unemployed screenwriter.

Some good inside humor, probably my favorite in the premiere issue being one about screenwriter Craig Mazin who has made a living lately doing parody movies including Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), and Superhero Movie (2008). With that as a set-up, here’s the aforementioned ‘news’ item from The Hollywood Roaster:

Craig Mazin to write, direct “Actual Movie”

Plans to skewer movie spoofs by making real film

Actors hate being typecast. The same goes for writers and directors, which is why Superhero Movie creator Craig Mazin announced plans to write and direct “Actual Movie,” a film that will spoof parody movies, effectively making it a real movie.

“The hardest part will be making it good,” said Mazin. “I’m not used to that kind of writing. But I figure if I do the opposite of what I normally do, everything should work out fine.”

The biggest hurdle will be avoiding sight gags and toilet humor, but Mazin insists he’s up to the challenge.

“It’s not like I need to drop an f-bomb to get a laugh,” he said. “I can be nuanced. There’s a way to do a fart joke tastefully, in my opinion. You’ll see. This will be the most movie-ish movie ever!”

The working tagline for Actual Movie is “This time it’s for real…sorta!”