Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
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| Directed by | Lev Spiro |
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| Based on | Spike TV's Blue Mountain State |
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| Music by | Jake Staley |
| Cinematography | Mathew Rudenberg |
| Edited by | Matthew Shaw |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release dates | February 2, 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.9 million[1] |
Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland is a 2016 American comedy film, based on Spike TV's Blue Mountain State. Directed by Lev L. Spiro, the film stars Darin Brooks, Alan Ritchson, and Chris Romano. The film was released on February 2, 2016.
Plot
According to the official website of the movie, the plot is: "With Blue Mountain State football star Thad Castle (Alan Ritchson) recently signing a multi-million dollar NFL contract, his teammates and college life seem like a distant memory. However, when a new school dean threatens to clean up the BMS image by auctioning off the infamous Goat House, Alex, Sammy and the boys must find a way to convince him to get involved. Despite his new fortune and fame, there is one small favor that Thad needs done before he saves the day: the biggest booze-and-sloot fest in BMS history. Welcome to Thadland!" The film focuses entirely on one wild party to make an end for it all.
Cast
- Darin Brooks as Alex Moran
- Alan Ritchson as Thad Castle
- Chris Romano as Sammy Cacciatore
- Sam Jones III as Craig Shilo
- Page Kennedy as Radon Randell
- Frankie Shaw as Mary Jo Cacciatore
- Ed Marinaro as Coach Marty Daniels
- Rob Ramsay as Donnie Schrab
- Jimmy Tatro as Dick Dawg
- Barry Ratcliffe as The Auctioneer
- James Cade as Harmon Tedesco
- Omari Newton as Larry Summers
Production
In March 2013, Ed Marinaro stated in an interview with Class Act Sports that he was working on a Blue Mountain State film. He continued to hint on Twitter at some 'behind-the-scenes' work being done on said movie.[2] In early March 2014, Page Kennedy started hinting at Blue Mountain State reunion project on Instagram, Vine and Twitter along with Darin Brooks, Kelly Kruger, Alan Ritchson, Sam Jones III, Frankie Shaw and Romanski.
On April 8, 2014, Blue Mountain State: The Movie was officially announced. On April 15, the production launched a Kickstarter campaign, much like the hugely successful 2013 campaign by Veronica Mars to get the cancelled show made into a feature film. The project's goal was to raise $1.5 million by May 15 in order to fund the film. There were rewards for donating to campaign, such as personalized tweets from the cast (for donating $10), shot and pint glasses with the BMS logo ($20), and a speaking role in the film (for a $10,000 donation).
On May 11, 2014, the Kickstarter goal of $1.5 million was reached. On May 15, 2014 the Kickstarter campaign ended, with the final funds raised being $1,911,827 from 23,999 backers.[3]
In May 2014, it was announced Jay Chandrasekhar would be the director of the film.[4] However, on September 28, 2014, Lev L. Spiro was hired as the new director of BMS: The Movie.[4] The crew started filming in late 2014 on location in Wilmington, North Carolina.[5][6]
On December 14, 2014, Ritchson tweeted that filming had completed.[7]
Release
Originally slated for a September 2015 release, the film was pushed back due to issues with the studio and distribution.[8] Writer and producer Eric Falconer said the film originally received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, but certain scenes were edited in order to get the film down to an R rating; however, once it was released the R-rated release also includes the NC-17 version. On January 14, 2016 the film's trailer was released, along with Falconer setting a February 2, 2016 release date.[9] Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland was released on Netflix on March 1, 2016.
References
- ↑ "Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland (2016)". IMDb. February 2, 2016.
- ↑ Satriano, David (October 19, 2012). "Ed Marinaro tells Class Act Sports exclusively that he is working on a ‘Blue Mountain State’ Movie". Class Act Sports. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Blue Mountain State: The Movie". Kickstarter.
- 1 2 Jay Chandrasekhar is directing BMS The Movie!. May 12, 2014 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Wilmington Film > Home".
- ↑ WECT Staff (October 28, 2014). "New movie to begin filming in Wilmington".
- ↑ "Alan Ritchson on Twitter". Twitter.
- ↑ "‘Blue Mountain State’ Movie News: Film Wraps Up Shooting In North Carolina, Release Date Being Announced Soon? [VIDEO]". Enstarz.
- ↑ "Eric Falconer". Twitter.