Lights. Camera. Action...
There have been a number of attempts to bring paintball to the big screen. One that comes to mind is "In Your Face". Despite the punk title it came off like a Disney afternoon special and didn't do much for paintball. There has been a bunch of talk about another, called "The Paintball Kid, that is suppose to be released in 2009.
It's hard to imagine a good paintball movie named "Blackballed". Harder yet is knowing it's a comedy with actors from shows on Comedy Central. It traveled the film festival circuit and I think it might finally be out on DVD. I haven't seen it but I'm told it's not "In You Face" bad.
Field owners hold their collective breath when ever we hear about paintball coming to the media. How will the movie/TV/DVD portray paintball? Will the actors keep their masks on? Is it parent friendly or is it a cuss and welt fest? Is it going to be done Jackass style?
There is another big screen film in the works called "Paintball". Sounded promising to me until I discovered it's a horror film.
That can't be good.
