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...many people are still learning today about the film's unlikely origins on the web. It all started on a blog, with early rumors of a Snakes script which were posted on a forum run by screenwriter Josh Friedman. Then came the news that star Samuel L. Jackson had signed on to the project, and the even more surprising news that New Line Cinema had agreed to bring back the film's original title (after switching it to Pacific Flight 121). It was enough to send online movie fans, particularly those steeped in the subculture of horror films, scrambling...
...Adding fuel to the fire was this story from the entertainment web site Collider.com, which has been following the film's development. It quotes an interview with Samuel L. Jackson in which he confirms the title will be changed back from Pacific Flight 121 once again to Snakes on a Plane. Says Jackson, "That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title...
...Enter the bloggers. Not long after the project was announced, Snakes On A Blog was launched - a blog devoted solely to one fan's mission to attend the Hollywood premiere of the film. Complete with a petition that can be signed by visitors and speculation that Samuel L. Jackson may just win an Oscar for Snakes as payback for being snubbed in 1994 for Pulp Fiction, it also offers quick links to Snakes trailers, songs and, of course, fan poetry. One example: "Terror slithers on Silent foe, / miles above Earth / Snakes are on the plane...
...long while, very little was posted on the official Snakes On A Plane web site. But these days, the site is up and running at a fast clip. It's most recent addition? A customized voice message that can be sent to anyone's phone - a personalized Samuel L. Jackson phone call to help remind you where you're going to be come...
...Samuel L. Jackson Well, yeah. I knew I was going to do the movie when I saw the title. I've always watched movies like that and they're funny and more exciting in some ways than doing regular dramas or straight-ahead action pictures. It just sounded like the situation that I've always had fun watching in the movies - a bunch of people trapped on a plane with poisonous snakes. It's like, okay, this sounds like I can go and have a good time. So that's what I did. I like to think I have...