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Austin Movies Inc.: ‘The Two Bobs’
“The Two Bobs” — Monday, a five-week shoot began for this ultra-low-budget comedy written and directed by Austin-based Tim McCanlies (‘Secondhand Lions,’ ‘Smallville’). It’s a gaming spoof, produced by Anne Walker-McBay and Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, who are not talking about the project. The comedy stars Cody Kasch, Devin Ratray and Tyler Francavilla. McCanlies provides his own plot summary at IMDB.com: ‘Just as they finish their ground-breaking violent video-game masterpiece, the two gaming legends known as The Two Bobs discover that their precious game software has been stolen — and with it, their livelihoods, genius reputations, everything they own. To get back their game — and their lives —The Two Bobs and their fellow-geek employees Munch, Doofus and The Dark Prince are forced to ‘turn detective’ and plunge into the strange world of Christian Venture Capitalists, aged Dixie Mafia hoodlums and bizarre Internet Spammers that inhabit Austin.’
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By Dely
October 15, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
McCanlies owes a lot to Paul. He let him in on the whole Fantastic Fest thing. He brought him into Austin film. And Anne Walker-McBay was difficult to work with, I hear.
By batmann
August 12, 2008 7:53 PM | Link to this
and before that I was sponsored by Harry Knowles.
By thebeav
August 12, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this
I was mentored by Tim Mccanlies and Guillermo del Toro. I wouldn’t expect you Philistines to understand.
By setpa
August 11, 2008 12:55 AM | Link to this
Bulla: very, very true, and then some dobsonw: you hear wrong
By dobsonw
August 10, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this
crewmember, that’s not what i hear.
By Bulla
August 10, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this
Crewmember: not true.
By crewmember
June 4, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
Chelsea: I worked on T2B and what’s “uncool” is that they didn’t put him on the crew list even though he’s associate producer. He spent over a year developing the project with the screenwriter, brought the lead producer on board, and even ended up co-financing. The project just never would’ve happened if it weren’t for him. A lot of us think he deserves more credit for that, not less.
By chelsea
May 26, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this
My friend is an intern on this film. He said the actual producers are Anne Walker-McBay and Seth Caplan. This Paul guy isn’t even on the crew list. How uncool, to just put your name on someone elses work. … It is this type of stuff that gives tx film a bad name.
By Stephanie
May 8, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
I heard that one of the old guys from Friday Night Lights is one of the Bobs.
By maybe?
April 30, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
Could this be what’s currently filming at 2222 and Mopac, perhaps? The office parking lot connected to ours is full of trailers near the Mopac side.