Back in August, I told you about Summer League, a softball-versus-kickball movie from the folks at Austin-based Greenless Studios. We were trying to raise enough money to rent a mascot costume for a crucial, duck-related scene near the end of the film, and thanks to us having the best readers in the world (and a timely tweet from the compassionate Mr. Vince Mancini) we ended up raising about a third of the film’s budget. Because we weren’t trying to scam you, Summer League exists now, and it looks GORGEOUS.
Of course, I don’t know if you just assumed this based on the fact that I’m a nerdy wrestling fan blogger, but I am not one of the beautiful, svelte ingenues on the primary poster, nor am I one of those guys behind them. I wasn’t born with that weird gene that makes facial hair grow in attractively. I did, however, make the secondary poster, and I did it in a motherf**king duck suit, because life is bizarre and With Leather is the best website ever.
That poster (the heel poster, for the record) and a Man Of Steel-quality teaser trailer, are after the jump. Share this with everybody you know so I’ll get to keep being in movies, would you?
And because it had to happen:
If this thing isn’t hanging in my home somewhere by the time the movie premieres, I swear to God.
For more info on the film (and me on the cast page), go here and click around. I love you all dearly.
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So you’re the mascot for an entire squadron of Marks Angelosetti?
Yep. I’m also one of them!
How many taters did you mash?
Hundreds, but one really good one that made the film.
p.s. I love you
The part of the trailer that mentions “heroes” is a shot of Mr. Stroud crossing the plate after said tater’d smash.
Nerds.
All movies should have heel posters imo. :)
with bad-ass local ducks, yes
“Let’s be best friends, play softball and drink beer forever” is how I plan on proposing to some young lady someday.
Please tell me someone in the movie wears a With Leather t-shirt.
I do, when I’m hosting a pub trivia contest somewhere in the middle. It’s the only logo I (sorta) own!
Nice
awesome !
As if you weren’t famous already, now you’re in a major motion picture! Please tell me Captain Geetch and the Shrimp Shack Shooters make a cameo as well!
+Oneders
I’m gonna head on over to the pig pavillion myself.
Weekend at Party Pier!
Please tell me you at least tried to do Worker Fist as the duck, and this is the shot that made it.
Not sure exactly what made the cut in the movie yet, but I know of at least one photo of me doing worker fist in the duck costume.
Photo proof
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
This movie=BEST!!!!11!
Dude, it looks good. Are funds still being raised?
The movie’s already being edited, but if you want to throw some money their way I don’t think they’re gonna complain. We still have to rent the duck costume again for the premiere, after all.
We could still use a bit of help. A lot of people worked for free, so it would be nice to at least cover their gas money. We’re selling props from the film (the bats we used) and posters in the very near future. Hit me up through the Greenless Studios website if you’re interested. :)
Did you enjoy baking inside that duck costume?
I was in a gorilla costume last week and probably after 20 mins I was dehydrated & vision got a little blurry.
I want an autographed copy.
Awesome! I would like to offer my incredible poster making talents for your movie, if you want some more posters to put places on the internet. (I’m the lame-ass who still hasn’t gotten bored of making JSoM posters every week.)
If by “lame-ass” you mean “super-awesome-cool-guy-dude-bro-person-ass”, then YES you are a “alame-ass”.
Which one did you bang? The one with the mustache or the one with the mustache and flavor saver?
The one with her butt to the camera in that celebration scene when the voice-over mentions “heroes”.
If you can get me either of these posters, I will put them up in my theater IMMEDIATELY.
We should talk. :)
I’ll drop you a line through the Greenless site.
so what’s up with the duck? pretty awesome by the way. congratulations!
Brandon, do my eye deceive me? Is the faces’ team called… BROWNCOATS?
Let’s be bad guys. ;)
This looks really incredible. I’m now sad I didn’t donate and get a Riot Juice shirt.
YOU SHOULD BE
As someone who is obsessed with film and with a love for independent film (I honestly want to shoot one someday, but my girlfriend is lame and wants me to, you know, make money), I can honestly say that this doesn’t look like shit. I say that in the most honest way that I can, with pet indie projects it can really go either way (and I have a special place in my heart even for the bad ones). The trailer even looks pretty professional.
Anyway, congratulations on being a part of something that I have only been able to dream about. I will support this film in a completely legal way when I have the availability to do so.