Is That Star Wars Coming-of-Age Film ’77’ Finally Getting a Release?

Half of you are probably thinking “what Star Wars coming-of-age film?” The other half, maybe, are thinking “ohhh yeaa, I remember that.” If you were reading this site way back in 2009, we posted a trailer for a film titled ’77, shortened from 5-25-77. Movie geeks should instantly recognize that date as the day Star Wars, or rather A New Hope, was released. It’s a coming-of-age story about a kid and his experience seeing Star Wars, and the trailer looked great. Jump ahead three years and it still hasn’t been released, haven’t heard a word since, until now. Variety’s Jeff Sneider tweeted “5-25-77 is coming out this spring on that very day…” The story was picked up by SlashFilm, who has started to speculate that we may officially see this ’77 movie finally this summer. While I’m certainly excited for it, things aren’t as nostalgic anymore, it may have been better …