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Snakes on a Plane is an action film scheduled to be released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006. The David R. Ellis-helmed film was written by Sheldon Turner and stars Samuel L. Jackson. Although it is now in post-production, and the film wrapped up principal photography in August of 2005, five days of additional re-shooting have been done to bring the movie from a PG-13 rating to an R rating.

Plot

Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) and Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips), FBI agents, escort John Saunders (Mark Houghton), a former mafia member to testify in a highly publicized case. In the course of a flight between Hawaii and California, an assassin releases hundreds of venomous snakes in the hope of killing the witness.

Early publicity

The film generated much pre-release interest on the Internet due to its title and premise. Much of the publicity Snakes on a Plane has received is due to a blog entry made by film industry insider Josh Friedman, who had been offered a chance to work on the script. The casting of popular actor Samuel L. Jackson further increased anticipation. Ronny Yu was originally slated to direct and spoke enthusiastically about the project before leaving due to budget disputes and "creative differences." He was replaced by David R. Ellis.

At one point, the film's working title was altered to Pacific Air Flight 121. In August 2005, a perturbed Samuel L. Jackson told an interviewer, "We're totally changing that back. That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title." The film was soon reverted to the working title of Snakes on a Plane. On March 2nd 2006, IMDb reported that the film had been renamed S.O.A.P. (standing for Snakes On A Plane). However, a week later, IMDb reported that the name had again been changed back to "Snakes on a Plane," for reasons unstated.

The film was featured in Wired Magazine as "The worst film of 2006," despite being given the "award" in January 2006, based only on the title and concept of the movie.

On March 16, 2006, New Line Cinema publicly announced a contest on TagWorld and a website promoting the film. The contest allowed artists on TagWorld to have their music featured on the movie, whose release date was set for August 18, 2006.

In recognition of the unprecedented internet buzz for what had been a minor movie in their 2006 line-up, New Line Cinema ordered five days of additional shooting in early March 2006 (principal photography had wrapped in September 2005). While re-shoots normally imply problems with a film, the producers opted to add new scenes to the film to take the movie from PG-13 into R-rated territory and bring the movie in line with the growing fan expectation. Among the reported additions is a vulgar line that originated as an internet parody of Samuel L. Jackson's traditional movie persona: "I want these motherfucking snakes off the motherfucking plane!"

Internet meme

Snakes on a Plane quickly became an Internet meme soon after Josh Friedman's blog entry

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Movies - Snakes on a Plane

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