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The response to the Fyre Festival documentaries on both Hulu and Netflix have garnered an exceptional critical response.
People are enamored by the extremely ridiculous circumstances surrounding the entire event; from Billy McFarland landing on Norman's Cayto Andy King's extreme measures to get Evian water out of customs, we are all just baffled.
Back in 2017, The Lonely Island tweeted that they were going to make a film about a music festival that went horribly wrong:
For real, thinking about suing #FyreFestival for stealing our idea. https://t.co/uiLxhzLg85β The Lonely Island (@The Lonely Island)1493422809.0
An idea that people thought was fantastic:
@thelonelyisland FYREFEST MOCKUMENTARY STARRING MICHAEL BOLTON AS JA RULEβ spook shook (@spook shook)1493426306.0
@thelonelyisland @Sethrogen And the name! Lonely Island sounds like an accurate description of #fyrefestβ tk π¬π§πͺπΊ (@tk π¬π§πͺπΊ)1493423255.0
@thelonelyisland What are you tweeting for? Go fly in and nab some free footage!β Jo Rutter (@Jo Rutter)1493435341.0
@thelonelyisland Ya gotta get down there STAT for some research! Seems like a real party down there!β Jeff Yorkes (@Jeff Yorkes)1493422918.0
But now it looks like it may actually be happening.
The trio (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone) told The Daily Beast that a full-fledged spoof was in the works.
"I don't want to divulge all the details but we're figuring it out right now," said Taccone. "You've seen the docs, right? It's crazy. This is something that Akiva and Seth cooked up, and we're figuring it all out right now."
Donβt forget... https://t.co/0QGwizIq8vβ Seth Rogen (@Seth Rogen)1548198748.0
Other celebs have expressed interest in being cast in the film.
@Sethrogen If you need someone to play I guy like this. You got my number. https://t.co/cogxcytttbβ ππππ¦ ππ‘ππ©π’π«π¨ (@ππππ¦ ππ‘ππ©π’π«π¨)1548199078.0
@Sethrogen Fwiw i think Iβd make a great Bella Hadidβ Naomi Fry (@Naomi Fry)1548213459.0
And some original cast:
@Sethrogen Billy will appear in the movie his rate is 26,873,451.15 - let me know if you are interestedβ carly aquilino (@carly aquilino)1548272892.0
@Sethrogen Seth, I know it is not an exact comedic-bio-pic, but I really need to see Andrew Rannells to play Billy McFarland.β Jeff D Lowe (@Jeff D Lowe)1548250663.0
But mostly people want to make sure Andy King is really in there.
@ladbible This guy better be in it https://t.co/gKJKkCfUNGβ Ben Pullen Wright (@Ben Pullen Wright)1549820214.0
>LONELY ISLAND PARODY FILM OF FYRE FESTIVAL IN THE WORKS all my moneyβ o.o (@o.o)1549984568.0
Cheese sandwich π₯ͺ time https://t.co/7lPIw19nTaβ Jefferson Agar (@Jefferson Agar)1549843515.0
Taccone himself is a huge fan of Andy King.
"I was like, I would hire that dude for anything β¦ Hire that dude!" he said. "That guy is a champion."
@ladbible https://t.co/d0cqgymsF0β Cee (@Cee)1549866745.0
@ladbible https://t.co/aoha7QkCGHβ Ace Kay (@Ace Kay)1549829299.0
@ladbible https://t.co/lC6F7Dg3BQβ Anthony Nicholl (@Anthony Nicholl)1549821272.0
@ladbible Will the Evian water make an appearance?β Rinku Vaishnav (@Rinku Vaishnav)1549819941.0
There is no word yet on a potential release date for the movie.
However, if it is even half as ridiculous as either available documentary, it will be incredible.