"Revenge of the Nerds" Remake is Scrapped!

[Brian Damage]

And just after you wrapped ‘'Fanboys'', you were hired to direct a remake of ‘'Revenge of the Nerds'' for Fox2000. What happened there? Did the financing fall through or something?

Numerous things - the studio didn't know what movie they wanted to make, and I didn't want to make a film about stereotypical nerds.

So was it an in-name remake only?

Well, it was still about these kids on campus that are persecuted by the cooler kids who band together to form their own fraternity. But they aren't like the nerds [from the original films], because a nerd is something different now. Unfortunately, that's what the studio wanted - the old stereotype with the glasses and so on.

Wouldn't work today, would it?

No. And also we couldn't find a satisfactory location - in Atlanta - to shoot. That was not good. It really put a damper on things. Overall, it was just a film that was badly managed. It's sad, because I have 40 minutes of the film cut together and I love it.

So you were a big fan of the original ‘'Revenge of the Nerds'' movies?

Oh I love the original movie.

I'll even go so far as to say I love ‘'Revenge of the Nerds II : Nerds in Paradise''!

Oh yeah!

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[comedyfreak]

I'm glad it was scrapped, an updated version was made which I consider a modernized movie called College starring Drake Parker.

[robyrob]

wasn't there a Justin Long movie already that was the same thing?

[JamesG]

Originally Posted by comedyfreak

I'm glad it was scrapped, an updated version was made which I consider a modernized movie called College starring Drake Parker.

I think you meant Drake Bell.

[comedyfreak]

Originally Posted by JamesG

I think you meant Drake Bell.

Oh yeah, that's right.