Mike Wilson, he of Ion Storm, Gamecock, Gathering of Developers and Devolver Digital video game company founding fame, is also the star and producer of Austin High, a âgoofball stoner comedyâ that has nothing to do with video games (I think) and everything to do with joints and bongs and slackerdom.
Wilson plays Principal Samuel Wilson in Austin High, the âcoming of age filmâ he produced. âInitially shaken by the threat of a citywide crackdown on marijuana, which escalates into a full-on âWar on Weirdâ,â reads the filmâs official description. âPrincipal Samuel Wilson and the rest of the blazed faculty, students, and staff of Ladybird High School must all shake off their slacker demons and find the courage to stand up and fight before the city they love is stripped of its essence and turned into the next great American strip mall of beige consumerist comfort.â
Hey, itâs no Moneyball, but Mike Wilsonâs no Bobby Kotick either.
Austin High, for Austin, TX culture enthusiasts, pothead comedy aficionados and Mike Wilson antics watchers, will premiere at the 18th Annual Austin Film Festival on October 22.
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