Since the saga of Snakes on a Plane has been circulating on the Internet for some time before I started this blog, I’m going to take the next few days to catch everyone up on the story thus far. Early attention to the film came from a blog posting by screenwriter Josh Friendman discussing how he almost worked on an early version of the script and how he was making a zen ‘koan’ out of the title. He also discussed why the title was so brilliant, which I quoted earlier:

I ask Agent the name of the project, what it’s about, etc. He says: Snakes on a Plane. Holy shit, I’m thinking. It’s a title. It’s a concept. It’s a poster and a logline and whatever else you need it to be. It’s perfect. Perfect. It’s the Everlasting Gobstopper of movie titles.

If you’re not sure why I’ve become keenly interested in attending the premiere of this movie, go read his original blog to get an idea of how exciting this whole experience can be.