I am going to fight Michael Ian Black

If you have been paying any attention at all to popular culture for the past decade, I am sure you know who Michael Ian Black is. If the name doesn't ring a bell, you almost certainly recognize his face, he is the only commentator on all those VH1 flashback shows who is actually funny, instead of just annoying.

Anyway, Michael has a new book out, and as a way to publicize it, he has challenged me to a fistfight. Here is what he said:

So Tucker Max, you drunk, misogynistic motherfucker - I am officially calling you OUT! I am going to fist fuck every hole in your boozy little body until you crawl away like the sniveling little bitch that you are. YOU'RE DEAD.

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Official cast announcement for "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell"

This is on the production blog also, but I am re-printing it here:

EW was the first one to get to print, so they get my first link. Variety will have a story up later, and maybe some other places:

"I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" Cast Announcement

Here is the cast:

Tucker: Matt Czuchry

Drew (SlingBlade): Jesse Bradford

Dan (El Bingeroso/PWJ/GoldenBoy): Geoff Stults

Kristy (Dan's wife): Keri Lynn Pratt

Lara (other female lead): Denise Quinones

Here's a pic of all five of us, from left to right, Nils Parker, Geoff Stults, Jesse Bradford, Tucker Max, and Matt Czuchry:



I am super excited about all of our cast, and I am going to put up a long post about Matt later today, and each of the other four as the week progresses, but right now I am up to my ass in pre-production shit. This is the full press release we put out this morning:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Darko Entertainment Taps the Cast for Tucker Max's "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell"

LOS ANGELES - Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford and Geoff Stults will star in "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell," it was announced today by Darko Entertainment, who is financing and producing the film.  Based on Tucker Max's bestseller, Czuchry will play Tucker Max, which will mark the actor's first starring role in a feature film.  Bradford and Stults will play Max's best friends.  

Rounding out the cast is Keri Lynn Pratt and Denise Quiñones, who were also announced today as joining the production.  The film begins principal photography on location in Shreveport, Louisiana starting July 21.

Bob Gosse ("Niagara, Niagara," "Julie Johnson") directs with Tucker Max and Nils Parker serving as screenwriters adapting from Max's book. The film is produced by Darko's Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick and Ted Hamm along with Max and his partner Parker's Rudius Films.  Max Wong and Karen Firestone of Pinkslip Pictures will also produce along with Aaron Ray of The Collective.  Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield of The Collective are Executive Producers.  The Collective is handling the North American rights to the film.

"Matt immediately understood the complexity and charm of the Tucker character and the irreverent style of Tucker's writing," said McKittrick and Kelly.  "We're fortunate to have three great actors in Matt,  Jesse and Geoff as our leads, and a great supporting cast who are all enjoying working with Bob and Tucker."

Based on Tucker Max's real life escapades, the story revolves around an impromptu trip he takes to celebrate his friend's bachelor party.  He convinces his friend to lie to his fiancée in order to take the trip, gets him into trouble then abandons him in order to pursue a hilarious carnal interest. Disinvited to the wedding, and wanting a way back in, he must find a way to balance his narcissism with the demands of friendship.

Czuchry made his debut on The WB's "Young Americans," which was followed by extensive film and television work before his breakthrough as Logan Huntzberger on The CW's "Gilmore Girls."  Czuchry theater credits include the Los Angeles premiere run of Wendy Wasserstein's final play, "Third," which he co-starred with Christine Lahti at the Geffen Playhouse.

Veteran actor Bradford's diverse credits include his breakout performance in Steven Soderbergh's "King of the Hill," Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet," "Bring It On" as the love interest of Kirsten Dunst, and Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers."  He recently completed Oliver Stone's "W."

Beside sharing the screen in this Darko-financed adaptation, Czuchry and Bradford also share the title of Enormous Tennis Douche.  Czuchry, in fact, was the Tennessee State Tennis Douche Champion in high school, and both played tennis in college. Plus, Bradford is from Connecticut so, honestly, what did you expect? [OK, OK, this paragraph wasn't in the press release, Geoff, Nils and I just can't help but bust on Jesse and Matt about this, being that we are real athletes and all.]

Stults' many credits include as a regular on the popular television shows  "7th Heaven" and "October Road."  His film credits include the hits "Wedding Crashers" and "The Break-Up."    

Pratt's credits include appearances on "Nip/Tuck," "Brothers & Sisters, " "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "House M.D.," and on the acclaimed show "Jack & Bobby," which she was a series regular as Missy Belknap.

Quiñones' television credits include "Freddie," "Smallville," and the Spanish language "Ana En El Trópico" ("Anna In The Tropics") which she received a Cable ACE Award nomination.  Her theater work includes the led in Federico Garcia Lorca's play, "Doña Rosita La Soltera," and the led in the off-Broadway "Zanahorias" ("Carrots"), a Spanish comedy by playwright Antonio Zancada.  Born in Puerto Rico, Quiñones represented her country at the 2001 Miss Universe pageant going on to win that year's crown.

Darko Entertainment was launched in late 2007 by writer/director Richard Kelly, his producing partner Sean McKittrick and financier Ted Hamm.  Kelly and McKittrick solidified their relationship with Hamm on Kelly's second feature, the sci-fi comedy, "Southland Tales" where Hamm was an Executive Producer.  Based in Los Angeles, Darko finances modestly budgeted director driven films.  Their goal is to support filmmakers with a unique voice and bring Darko's brand to helping independent films reach a wider audience.  Darko is in post-production on Kelly's next film, a psychological thriller starring Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella.

Tucker Max is a popular internet personality and entrepreneur.  In 2002, on a bet Max began TuckerMax.com, which features his amusing short stories.  In 2006, Max's "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" was published and has stayed on the New York Times bestseller list since its debut.  The book has sold more than 400,000 copies.  Comprised of short stories narrated by the author, Max's book has been dubbed a leader of a new genre - "fratire" (a celebration of hyper-masculinity, political incorrectness, a mocking attitude toward social convention).

Czuchry is repped by The Gersh Agency and The Collective. Stults is repped by UTA and The Collective.  Bradford is repped by UTA.  Pratt is repped by Innovative Artists and Sanders, Armstrong, Caserta.  Quiñones is repped by William Morris and Untitled Entertainment. Tucker Max and Nils Parker are unrepped.

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Be an extra on the movie

This is also posted on the production blog, but I thought I'd put it here as well:

The question I have gotten the most since I put this blog up has been, "How can I be in the movie?" The speaking roles are already cast with real actors, but we have a ton of parts to fill for non-speaking roles, also known as "extras." These roles will be filled by professional extras who are hired for our movie by the Extras Casting Director.

That leaves pretty much nothing left, and that was on purpose. At first, I had no intention of opening the casting of any roles, extras or speaking, to the general public. Although the majority of my fans and readers are great, there are enough of the weirdos, trolls and stalkers out there that I didn't want to be bothered having to deal with that crap. One rotten apple spoiling the bunch, etc.

But then I thought to myself--why let those dipshits ruin everyone elses fun? It's like responding to terrorism by removing the freedoms of the people you are trying to protect--once you do that, the terrorists have won anyway. Besides, my fans have given so much to me in so many ways, I figure its only fair to try to give something back by letting those who are interested be involved, even in a small way, in my movie. So, even though most of our extras will be cast the normal way, I have decided to open up some of the extras casting to my fans and readers. If you want to be an extra on the movie, here is how the process will work. Follow the instructions EXACTLY:


1. Send an email to this address: bihextras@gmail.com [DO NOT email me about this on MySpace]

2. Put "Beer In Hell Extra" in the subject line

3. Put your name and contact info in the body of the email.

4. Attach at least TWO pictures of yourself (the more the better). They need to be recent, clear and preferably only you. If the pics each have ten people in them, we aren't going to spend the time figuring out which person you are.


From those emails, me and my assistants will look at them and forward the ones who we may be able to use for a scene or scenes to the extras casting director, and if he agrees, he will contact you about being an extra. A few things:

-Please don't get your hopes up. Chances of being selected are low, especially if you are a guy. Male extras are easy to find. Being female helps you, and being a hot female really helps. [If you are a really hot female with a great body, can dance, and are willing to do topless--definitely send an email. We have a big strip club scene to fill, and your chances of being selected are good. If you are a real stripper/porn star/suicide girl/web cam whore/whatever, let us know, link your site, etc, your chances are even better.]

-Don't do this expecting to hang out with me or anything like that. You may never even meet me, because you may be in a scene that shoots when I'm not on set. [Obviously if you are a hot girl and want to hang out, that can easily be arranged, but email me separately from the extras thing and we'll figure it out: tuckermax@gmail.com]

-We only shoot Monday-Friday, so please don't expect to do this on a weekend trip.

-If you get selected, we won't pay for your travel here (we're shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana) or for your hotel or anything like that. You are on your own. There is food on set during shooting though, and you can have some of that.

-But, if you are selected, you DO get paid. It's not much--I think it might be minimum wage--but it's something.

-I want to be clear about this--being an extra is not glamorous. There is a lot of standing around and waiting and being bored, all for the chance to be in the background of a shot that might not even be in the movie. We aren't going to treat extras like shit the way they do on other movie sets, but you definitely won't be the stars. For the most part, you are expected to do exactly as you're asked, be quiet when not being spoken to, and be ready when you're told.

-That being said, it is not unheard of for an extra to be on-set promoted up to a speaking part. It is rare, but it has happened. In fact, our director has done it on his other films.

If you know and accept all that, and still want to be involved, follow the instructions above, and good luck.

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Pictures and videos from the movie

In case you didn't know, I am making a movie. The guys who did Donnie Darko are helping me to produce it, and we are documenting the whole making of process on the blog, as well as with pics and video:

The Official I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell production blog

The Official I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell Flickr photostream

The Official I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell YouTube channel

We start shooting on July 21st, and I am going to post tomorrow about how people can become extras on the movie if they want.

Stay tuned.

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The movie announcement is here

We gave THR the scoop so we could get placement, but the official announcement I have been talking about for months and months is finally here:

There is going to be a Tucker Max movie.

It's going to be called I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.

The script was written by me and Nils Parker.

It's a fictional story, but is based very heavily on the true stories from the book and website.

There are three male leads, one that is based on me (Tucker Max), one that's based on SlingBlade, and one that is a combination of PWJ, El Bingeroso, and Golden Boy. An actor is going to play the character based on me, but his name in the movie will be Tucker Max.

I have already started a blog about the movie, and have a ton of posts about what we've done so far. The archive is here, just start at the bottom and read up.

Sadly, it's not all good news:

Assholes Finish First delayed:

The release date of Assholes Finish First was originally fall 2008. I have pushed it back a year so it will coincide with the movie release.

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Speech at Northeastern Univ on March 24th

I am giving a speech at Northeastern University in Boston. The details:

Date: Monday, March 24th
Time: 7pm
Location: Curry Student Center Ballroom

The speech last week at Duke went really well, and this should be about the same.

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Speech at Duke Univ. on March 3rd

I am giving a speech at my grad school alma mater. Details:

When: March 3rd at 8pm
Where: Page Auditorium at Duke University

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Going to Vegas, everyone invited (sort of)

I know some of the guys who own and run the McFadden's chain of bars, and they have asked me to come to the opening of the new one in Vegas. This is not really an "official public appearance" by me, I am just going as a friend, but I will be there all three nights and everyone is welcome to stop by. The info:

Dates: January 24th, 25th, 26th

Location: McFadden's in The Rio Hotel

Time: Doors open every night at 9pm.

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Going to Buffalo and Tampa in December

In LA for pretty much all of November, but in December I'll be traveling a bit:

Buffalo, NY, December 4th - 9th: Going to be hanging out with my buddy Mike Gill, who owns a strong man gym in the area.

Tampa, FL, December 14th - 16th: I will be in Tampa, for my buddy Hate's bachelor party.

No public appearances or book signings in either place, but any hot girls who want to hang out and hook up, I am easy to reach: tuckermax@gmail.com or email me through MySpace.


[And yes, the "official" announcement about the book and movie are coming, just be patient. I promise, none of you want this to be announced more than me.]

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Phoenix, AZ and Lexington, KY in October

OK, I have a huge announcement coming up about the book, TV show and something else (hmm...movie), but I can't officially make it until all the fucking paperwork and whatever is done, and that takes weeks, and its driving me crazy, so I have to get out of LA to get my mind off the waiting. To that effect, I am taking two trips next month:

Oct 5-7: I am going to be in Phoenix, AZ this weekend for a wedding. But not just any wedding. My buddy SlingBlade is getting married. I'm not kidding at all. The funny thing is that he has only been dating this girl for like six months, none of us have met her, her family is very religious, and we made him get an open bar at the reception. I haven't been this excited about a wedding in my whole life.

Oct 12-14: You may not know this, but I grew up in Kentucky, and thus I bleed UK blue. Generally that means I only pay attention during basketball season, because UK football is usually gut-wrenchingly bad. But not this year my friends. Not only are we good enough to watch games without puking, last week we STOMPED the 9 team in the country (some school called Louisville, whoever the fuck that is). The 13th we play LSU at home, and I am going to the game.

Same drill as always: Girls, if you live in either place and want to hook up, I am easy to reach: tuckermax@gmail.com. Send pics and get your drinking shoes ready.


[NOTE: But even better then going to a UK game is who I am going with. If you are like me and you grew up in Kentucky in the late 80's and early 90's, then at least a few of your childhood heroes played basketball for UK. Well, two of the guys I idolized when I was in elementary and middle school are big fans of my writing, and we are hanging out at the game together. Since no one who isn't a UK fan gives a shit about old UK players, I am just going to link the pics. Those of you who do care will know who these two without me having to tell you. And yes, I fully realize how fucking gay it is to brag about hanging out with guys, but if you didn't grow up a UK basketball fan, you can't understand. It's like a religion]:

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