Fanboys gets limited release

Okay -- what are they thinking here? Fanboys the movie has been hyped up like mad and then it's only going to show up in a small number of cities? WTH?

Fanboys will be getting what is known as a “Limited Platform Release” on February 6, 2009. It will open in 8 large cities on about 40 screens. If it has a good opening weekend, with a high per-screen average, then the studio will widen the release, adding more screens in more cities in the weeks that follow.

This isn’t the wide release we’d hoped for, but at this point we're just happy that it’s finally coming out and that (some) fans will finally be able to see it at their local cinema. If you live in one of these 8 cities, please gather up your geek posse and go see Fanboys on opening weekend (February 6-8), to help the movie reach morecities so that more fans can see it:

1 ) New York – 10 screens (including AMC 34th St)
2 ) Los Angeles – 10 screens (including Mann Chinese 6)
3 ) Chicago – 3 screens
4 ) Philadelphia – 5 screens
5 ) San Francisco – 6 screens
6 ) Seattle – 3 screens
7 ) Houston – 3 screens
8 ) Austin - 1 screen (Alamo Drafthouse)

So, for those of you in or near one of those 8 cities, let us know how the film is. This "limited release" is a big mistake. Fans are everywhere, not just in these 8 towns. Maybe it's some kind of marketing move... but I'm not sure how this is supposed to appeal to the larger audience.