Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | yesterday
An independent San Diego filmmaker is planning a blink-182 movie that is based off the band biography written by Mark Hoppus' sister Anne, 'Tales From Beneath Your Mom'. The film entitled 'Blink' follows Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and original drummer Scott Raynor as they start a band (in DeLonge's garage) and leads to Raynor's departure. Filmaker Brandon Flores has yet to...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | yesterday
It all started with a young man getting expelled from school. Well, the story of 90's pop punk comedians, Blink-182 does. Little known filmmaker Brandon Flores is ready to re-open the door to what was one of my favorite bands when I was 13. After seeing LORDS OF DOGTOWN, Flores was inspired to write a movie about the original trio which included: Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Scott Raynor....
Vulture (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Brandon Flores is a serious Blink-182 fan. So serious, in fact, that the San Diego native has written a movie about the band's early days, from its founding by Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and original drummer Scott Raynor, to the day Hoppus and DeLongue met Travis Barker following Raynor's exit. Impressive, right? Not if you're Blink-182. Flores has tried, and failed, to secure the...
MTV News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Planned movie would document the band's early days. By James Montgomery Blink-182 Photo: Brian Appio Brandon Flores wants to make a movie about the early days of Blink-182 . The only problem? He can't seem to get Blink-182 involved. Flores, 24, is a filmmaker who grew up in San Diego (Blink are from nearby Poway, California) idolizing the music and antics of Mark, Tom and Travis, and at the...
