Eva Longoria To Direct Cheetos Movie ‘Flamin’ Hot’ For Fox Searchlight & Franklin Entertainment

[Rvaan]

Multi-hyphenate Eva Longoria has landed the directing job for Flamin' Hot, the Fox Searchlight biopic about Richard Montanez who created the spicy Flamin' Hot Cheetos. DeVon Franklin will produce the pic under his Franklin Entertainment label, which is currently under a production deal at Fox.

Longoria reportedly beat out multiple directors for the job after impressing Franklin and Fox with her authentic approach to portraying Richard and Judy Montanez inspiring story. Richard rose from humble beginnings to achieve the American Dream. The son of a Mexican immigrant, Richard was a Janitor at Frito Lay when he came up with the idea for Flamin' Hot Cheetos. His creation, inspired by the flavors of his community, revitalized Frito-Lay and disrupted the food industry, creating a pop culture phenomenon that continues today.

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Fat4all your time has come!

 

[Gundam]

what

 

[DMVfan123]

...Am I reading that title right?

 

[Einchy]

 

[Jawmuncher]

Just base it off this

 

[RBH]

wut

 

[MinusTydus]

"Dear God, I wish Desperate Housewives was still on the air."

 

[doublechocochip]

 

[Ottaro]

Now that's a hell of a headline.

 

[Rvaan]

...Am I reading that title right?

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It's about the man who created them not the food itself.

 

[Tathanen]

it ain't easy bein cheesy

 

[BlastProcessing]

It's actually a pretty good story:

How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos

 

[Jawmuncher]

or maybe it's based on this

 

[Dr Doom]

Disney flexing that creative muscles

 

[Jack Bauer]

This really is the worst timeline.

 

[doublechocochip]

Oh okay, it's a biopic about the creation of Cheetos. Makes sense.

 

[capitalCORN]

Oh okay, it's a biopic about the creation of Cheetos. Makes sense.

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Not sure if I feel better about this... Was he a bad enough dude to rescue the president or something?

 

[mreddie]

A biopic of the guy who created it guys. This is like when the Founder came out, some people just said THE MCDONALDS MOVIE.

 

[Cpt-GargameL]

Wtf

Idk

 

[Fat4all]

its like some of y'all never read my Flamin Hot thread

 

[Strike]

It's about the man who created them not the food itself.

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Okay. That makes more sense. Had me picturing something like those Taco Bell nacho fries commercials.

 

[Elderly Parrot]

Sounds like a great story don't know why everybody hating or not reading

 

[chrisPjelly]

there's a story to tell??? I always thought it was just something that was Q&A'd into existence

 

[Avitus]

Why have product placement when you can just make movies about product?

 

[TheCthultist]

Need Fat4all to weigh in on it before I make my call...

EDIT: damn, as I was typing...

its like some of y'all never read my Flamin Hot thread

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[Gundam]

or maybe it's based on this

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jesus christ

 

[kmfdmpig]

The airline magazine on my last flight had an article about her. She's focused on improving diversity in Hollywood in a variety of ways, so more power to her. Based on the title it sounded dumb, but reading the actual story this sounds kind of cool.

 

[Zero-ELEC]

it's not easy being cheesy

 

[Kewlmyc]

I mean, it's a biopic. Makes sense. Biopics are made on some of the most mundane things.

 

[Einchy]

It's actually a pretty good story:

How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos

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Holy shit, this man's balls are massive.

 

[Foxashel]

Fandango'd.

 

[Border]

its like some of y'all never read my Flamin Hot thread

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At AMC Theatres you can now get Flamin' Hot Cheetos put on a hot dog -- would you recommend this?

 

[RedMercury]

its like some of y'all never read my Flamin Hot thread

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This is entirely your fault.

 

[Enduin]

what

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this.

It's actually a pretty good story:

How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos

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OK, that's great and makes way more sense now.

 

[Nothing Loud]

I mean, it's a biopic. Makes sense. Biopics are made on some of the most mundane things.

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It's an interesting story that I'm very familiar with.

Should make for a good biopic

 

[Fat4all]

At AMC Theatres you can now get Flamin' Hot Cheetos put on a hot dog -- would you recommend this?

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hot dogs are good, Flamin' Hot is good

sounds like a slamma jamma

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Wat

It's actually a pretty good story:

How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos

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Ok, this is a pretty good story

 

[StopMakingSense]

This is a really great feel-good story that more people should find out about.

 

[Westbahnhof]

its like some of y'all never read my Flamin Hot thread

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I don't read penny dreadfuls

 

[N64Controller]

Hey I've seen Suicide Squad, I can live through that.

 

[BDS]

Is this part of the MCU? Hard to keep up these days

 

[Fat4all]

I don't read penny dreadfuls

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my odyssey is scribed in orange fingerpaintings

 

[Doggg]

da fuq

 

[StopMakingSense]

da fuq

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Is it really that hard to read the OP?? jeez.

 

[Doggg]

Is it really that hard to read the OP?? jeez.

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Read it. Still weird.

 

[Z-Beat]

When I skimmed the OP I thought this was about that SNL skit where they pitch a commercial about immigration and the American Dream for the Cheetos Superbowl ad

"We open on a little immigrant girl. She's dusty, she's tired, she's come a long way. She looks up and sees a wall. How will she get over it? A boy appears at the top. He throws down a rope. The rope is made of American flags. The girl climbs the rope. She sees her new country for the first time, and she cries."

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"Cheetos."

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The title threw me because it said Cheetos movie but reading what the plot actually is that could be a cool story as a biopic.

 

[Slappy White]

Your screenwriters were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

 

[Meg Cherry]

It's actually a pretty good story:

How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos

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Yeah, honestly it's peak biopic material. Longoria probably beat out a few known names for the gig.

 

[Gundam]

I'm down for a movie but that headline is definitely something to make you double take

 

[JMTHEFOX]

How is a Cheetos biography movie going to work?! At least make a damn animated Chester Cheetah movie. I would watch THAT.