It’s a story that must be told. A story of struggle and triumph, of imaginary licks and riffs and of fake shredding. It’s the Air Guitar World Championships.

‘Tropic Thunder’ writer, Justin Theroux, has signed on to produce the feature film ‘Air Guitar,’ a fictional behind the scenes look at the ironically competitive hobby of the same name. 

The Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Business blog says the pic will be “set in the world of air-guitar competitions and featuring the colorful characters who participate in them.”

The movie is based on the 2006 documentary ‘Air Guitar Nation’ as well as the book ‘To Air is Human: One Man’s Quest to Become the World’s Greatest Air Guitarist,’ by Bjorn Turoque (pronounced “be-yorn to-rock”), who vied unsuccessfully for the 2003 World Champ title in Oulu, Finland. (Turoque’s other identity is real-life musician and New York Times writer, Dan Crane)

One can only imagine that the fictional take will be along the lines of rock-themed pics like ‘Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny,’ and ‘The Rocker,’ blended with the spoof aspect of such Ben Stiller/Will Ferrell fare as ‘Zoolander,’ ‘Dodgeball,’ and ‘Blades of Glory.’ One might also imagine that Ferrell and Stiller will be somehow involved with the film, though there are no reports of this at the present time.  There are also no reports on projected plans to handle the satirical black hole that could be potentially created by the  irony piled on top of irony. 
 
‘Enchanted’ producer Barry Josephson will join Theroux in producing. Theroux, who is also a writer, actor and director — he is writing the script for ‘Iron Man 2′ — is reportedly not considering acting in or directing the movie.

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