The Adventures of Food Boy

The Adventures of Food Boy
Promotional release poster
Directed byDane Cannon
Written byMarc Mangum
Produced byMarc Mangum
Sam Mangum
Melissa Brady
StarringLucas Grabeel
Brittany Curran
Ryne Sanborn
Noah Bastian
Joyce Cohen
CinematographyRyan Cannon
Edited bySam Mangum
Music byBill Wandel
Distributed byCold Spark Films
Release date
  • August 22, 2008 (2008-08-22)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Adventures of Food Boy is a 2008 independent comedy film directed by Dane Cannon. It is based on the 2007 short film Owen Seabrook: Food Boy.[1] It stars Lucas Grabeel in his first lead role as Ezra Chase, who becomes a superhero known as "Food Boy".[2][3][4] Brittany Curran plays the lead female role of Shelby.

The film was filmed in Utah at Timpview High School during fall 2007.[5] An early teaser trailer of The Adventures of Food Boy was posted on the Internet in November 2007.[6]

The Adventures of Food Boy premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival in April 2008 where it won the award for "Best Family Film".[7] It saw a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 22, 2008, and saw a DVD release on October 7, 2008.

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  4. ^ McKay, Gretchen (2007-08-12). "Having Fun with Lucas Grabeel and 'HSM2'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  5. ^ "Film Production Chart (July 27, 2007)". Variety. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  6. ^ "Teaser Preview Clip Posted for new Grabeel Movie". News-Leader.com (Springfield, MO). 2007-11-02. Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
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