Everything to know about the ‘Poop Cruise' follow-up, ‘Trainwreck: Storm Area 51': Watch the trailer
"This is the story of the greatest sh-tpost ever made," Netflix teases about Trainwreck: Storm Area 51. The plot centers around then-20-year-old Matty Roberts, who created a Facebook event in 2019 inviting everybody he knew to storm the classified Air Force facility called Area 51 in search of extraterrestrial life. "They can't stop all of us," Roberts wrote in his infamous post.
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Thousands of people responded, vowing to take part in the event in the Nevada desert. That outpouring drew the interest of the U.S. Air Force, the FBI, the military, and the Federal Aviation Administration, who in turn threatened trespassers with deadly force. In the end, only about 150 people reportedly appeared at the military base's entrances, with none breaching the perimeter. Roughly 1,500 people instead attended two nearby music festivals.
Netflix released the trailer for Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 on July 2. In the 90-second video, one painted-up conspiracy theorist shouts, "We're here to arrest you, the aliens!" Another interview subject confesses that she dressed as a "sexy alien" in the desert in the hopes of "getting probed." And the reason they all took part in the wild event? It's simple, really. As one man explains, "Because the internet told us to."
Netflix promises that Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 will feature "an epic ensemble cast of meme lords, military commanders, UFO hunters, sexy aliens, and YouTubers." The project is being billed as "the ultimate story of the internet bursting into the real world."
Matty Roberts, the creator of the Facebook event, is also interviewed by the doc's filmmakers. "I had no idea what I'd started," he declares. He has gone on the record stating that his intentions were purely in jest and disavowed responsibility had there been any actual attempt to raid the Air Force base.
Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 comes from director Jack Macinnes, executive producer Alex Marengo, series producer Ben Rumney, and production companies Raw and BBH.
The Trainwreck brand has covered (or will be covering) such disastrous events as Woodstock '99, Poop Cruise, The Cult of American Apparel, The Real Project X, Balloon Boy, and P.I. Moms.
Last week, Trainwreck: Poop Cruise blew up on Netflix for its depiction of the 2013 Carnival Triumph luxury ship disaster, which stranded 3,000 customers and 1,000 crew members without power and plumbing in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine fire. "No way we're changing the title," director James Ross told Gold Derby about the name of the documentary. "It was Poop Cruise from the start, and if the suit fits, wear it." He also suggested he'd be open to making a sequel, declaring, "Maybe people want more, so if they do, yeah, why not?"
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