The Onion Movie

The Onion Movie is a comedy film written by The Onion writers Robert D. Siegel and Todd Hanson along with the Chicagobased writing staff of the paper. It was filmed in 2003 and released on June 3, 2008 directtovideo.

In 2003, New Regency Productions and Fox Searchlight Pictures were on board to produce and release a movie written by The Onion staff. Tentatively titled The Untitled Onion Movie, it was to be directed by music video director Tom Kuntz and Mike Maguire and written by then Onion editor Robert Siegel and writer Todd Hanson with the rest of the Onion staff. After delays and previews to test audiences, the film was shelved and eventually dropped by Fox. New Regency Productions continued on with the project.In a March 15, 2007 interview, Scott Aukerman said that the Onion movie was at a dead standstill. Within two weeks, the listing for The Untitled Onion Movie had disappeared.citation needed Additionally, Onion, Inc. President at the time, Sean Mills, indicated The Onion was no longer associated with the film project. In August 2007, the IMDb listing was restored. ........

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