The moment we’ve all been waiting for has come. Tommy Wiseau has since directed his first feature film the room, And the trailer for the project – dubbed big shark – out now.
for every Variety, Big Shark Follows New Orleans firefighters Georgie, Patrick and Tim as they try to save their city from a suspicious menace. In addition to writing and directing the film, Wiseau stars alongside Isaiah LaBorde and Mark Valeriano. Oddly enough, the movie trailer looks like it was made in iMovie, with ludicrous red text attacking the screen to dramatic action music before seeing its stars run through the streets of NOLA, as the shark inexplicably manages to chase them away.
Wiseau has big plans for big shark The film will premiere at a Portland screening on April 2nd before hitting other markets hosted by Prytania Theaters, where the director is scheduled to appear at every event. Currently, the tentative schedule includes engagements at Canal Place in New Orleans on April 28-29, Balboa Theater in San Francisco on May 5-6, Landmark Westwood in Los Angeles on June 2-3, and Village East by Angelika on New York City on August 10, 11, and 12. The screening of the film will be followed by the release of the “official final version” of the film.
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the room, Wiseau’s first feature, it premiered in 2003 to brutal reviews. Over time, the film’s melodrama and sparse narrative structure has gained a cult following, perhaps out of pure fascination. In 2013, Greg Sestero, who starred in the film, was released disaster artist, A memoir about making the movie. The book — and James Franco’s 2017 film adaptation of the work — Laid the room And Wiseau is back in the national spotlight. Bob Odenkirk recently announced that he will star in a green screen remake the room.
Even though his first movie broke, Wiseau never stopped working. In 2004 he produced the documentary homeless in america, and then guest-starred Great show by Tim and Eric, great job! Later, the director wrote, directed, and starred in the six-episode sitcom Neighbour to Hulu, and in 2017 he and Sestero co-starred in Sestero-penned Dearest friends.
