Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars

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Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars
Avengers of Justice- Farce Wars poster.jpg
Directed byJarrett Tarnol
Produced by Shaun Sanghani
Screenplay byRichard Dane Scott
Starring Amy Smart
Shawn Michaels
Stephen Rannazzisi
Simon Rex
Tony Cavalero
Music byAndrew Morgan Smith
CinematographyRobert Foster
Edited byBenjamin Jackendoff
Jesse Kelly
Production
company
Release date
  • July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)(Germany)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars is a 2018 superhero comedy film directed by Jarret Tarnol and starring Stephen Rannazzisi, Amy Smart, Simon Rex, Tony Cavalero, Justin Castor and Shawn Michaels. The film is a parody of the Star Wars franchise, the DC Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. [1]

Contents

Premise

While trying to remain a good husband and father, Superbat and the Avengers of Justice come out of retirement to stop Dark Jokester and Lisp Luthor from freezing the planet.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Louisiana. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lang, Brent (20 October 2016). "Amy Smart, Stephen Rannazzisi, Shawn Michaels Join Superhero Spoof 'Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved 4 July 2019.