Fred Durst (yes the frontman from Limp Bizkit) has a movie hitting theaters Aug. 22. Titled The Longshots, it’s a family friendly film about a female quarterback.
In an interview with IFC, Durst describes “I wanted to take the heart and integrity of Hoosiers and Rudy, pull in a little bit of the original Bad News Bears and maybe a slice of The Mighty Ducks.”
The 37-yearold discovered a love for directing before Limp Bizkit was ever singing about nookie. Watching skate videos as a high schooler became a gateway for more sophisticated film tastes and he soon began watching John Hughes, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and others.
The Longshots isn’t Durst’s first turn at directing though. He’s manned the camera for some Bizkit and Kid Rock videos and was originally signed on to direct Lords of Dogtown.
However, after the movie started gaining more momentum the producer David Fincher stepped in and eventually hired a new director altogether. After tirelessly making the studio rounds Durst landed a job directing The Education of Charlie Banks.
“Banks” was never released, but screened at the Tribeca Film Festival where it received positive reviews and an award. Chris Marquette, one of the stars of “Banks”, says that Durst is “insanely calm” as a director.
If you’ve seen the trailers for The Longshots and didn’t see “Directed by Fred Durst” anywhere that’s because he wanted it that way. In an EW article Durst says, “I don’t think my name would necessarily draw people to come see the movie. It might hurt the movie, honestly.”
Check out Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Dash Mihok and introducing Fred Durst as the director, in The Longshots opening Aug. 22.
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