r/donaldglover • u/Educational_Bend_181 • 3d ago

BANDO STONE AND THE NEW WORLD The Move That Never Was

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Because the movie probably isn't coming out at this point (god I hope I'm wrong), here is some snapshots from the vinyl album for those who haven't bought it.

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u/JordanQuiv 3d ago

Donny G told me that after the 56th rounds of reshoots coming in 2028 the movie will finally be just right. It's like how James Cameron had to wait 10 years to make Avatar 2 because the tech wasn't there yet. He's waiting for the technology to catch up with his vision.

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u/MarcusDoesMisc 2d ago

Oh god, that means he will be full AI brained Gen X mode, we saw it in the Atavista bonus documentary.
I hope Donald isn’t too unc-washed to be into AI development and using it to make CGI scenes.

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u/Amjeezy1 2d ago

Highly doubt. From Derrick comedy (his original content YouTube channel) to community to writing on 30 rock to standup to clapping for the wrong reasons (2013) to Guava Island movie (2019) to Atlanta. I mean even the multi year mind-f of secrets in “because the internet” and the secret screenplay and snippets he had hidden in url’s. really doubt that he ever ever ever cuts corners on his artistic vision

But he’s more than unc too. He’s in his 40’s, so I doubt he’ll go Gen X mode now

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u/not_doras_cousin 3d ago

I remember someone saying that their theory was that parts of the movie was going to be footage from the actual tour. Essentially a concert film. So, since the tour was canceled, it’d make sense that that movie would be canceled too since they probably didn’t get the footage they wanted from the few stops he did end up playing at.

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u/jmnjam 2d ago

I said this but you need to remember that I am usually wrong

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u/mortmortimer 2d ago

lol yeah, that's what it was.

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u/Legitimate_Stretch74 3d ago

The album was the movie

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u/Educational_Bend_181 3d ago edited 3d ago

That's what I'm starting to think honeslty. More of his "dig deep into the material" stuff. For all I know, there's a QR Code on a subway in Guatemala that unlocks the movie.

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u/Crishien 2d ago

Did anyone play the album in reverse yet?

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u/TheLiquorCpt420 2d ago

I played it from the inside out and still nothing

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u/Crishien 2d ago

2014 Donald would never...

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u/carlodarlo 5h ago

I heard it’s the same backwards and forwards

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u/Stuntingonthesehoes 3d ago

I deadass think he saw that tweet saying Kanye could release a silent album and people would imagine it's the best and did the movie version

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u/PartyPoison98 1d ago

I heard that the scenes are the deleted scenes and the deleted scenes are the real scenes

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u/Unknownpers0na 3d ago

Seeing this tells me the movie is definitely real. Has no one thought to ask the female actor?

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u/Educational_Bend_181 3d ago

Looked it up and it seems like she's been silent on it. But if you run into her, you better ask her and report back

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u/dirbofficial 3d ago

Every single shot in the vinyl is in the trailer. They definitely only shot about 3 minutes of footage.

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u/Broseph0827 3d ago

It’s also possible he shot some of the movie but never finished it. Enough he was able to use footage for promo of the album and generate hype around the album at the time

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u/Banana_Phone95 1d ago

Just like his tour stops in Seattle. Never meant to be

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u/mortmortimer 2d ago

it's not that the movie isn't coming out. there was never any movie in the first place.

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u/Dmentia91 2d ago

Frank Ocean

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u/Extension-Bill-1223 3d ago

They shot a whole movie but they couldn’t sell it to a studio to get distribution as apparently it was very bad and paid for our of his record contract. My friend who works for A24 went to a sales screening.

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u/JordanQuiv 3d ago

My uncle from Nintendo said the same thing

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u/jmnjam 2d ago

My aunt from Sony said the same thing

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u/NickCudawn 2d ago

I don't think there's any way that movie wouldn't make some money at least. Heck, they could release it on a private streaming site with $20 access tickets if they couldn't get distribution (which I highly doubt)