Let's just get right to it: Shaquille O'Neal is taking film school classes to become a director of movies. From TMZ:
Shaquille O'Neal is giving the movie biz another shot -- yes, even after "Kazaam" and "Steel" -- and this time he wants to be a director!
Shaq is about to complete the Filmmaking Conservatory at the New York Film Academy's branch at Universal Studios Hollywood. Shaq's been very hands-on during directing and cinematography classes -- walking his crew through stunts and shooting on the studio's famous back lot.
According to the school, Shaq has been "incredibly humble, funny, and likable" ... or just the usual Shaq.
JUST THE USUAL SHAQ! This is kind of a sidenote that doesn't have a lot to do with the film school thing, but clearly Shaquille O'Neal has incriminating pictures of Harvey Levin's butthole or something, right? Because regardless of what Shaq may be, I am confident that the first and most readily agreed upon description would not be "incredibly humble, funny, and likable." I would go with maybe "very tall, kind of aloof, and looked right through everyone." But also: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL IS IN FILM SCHOOL CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIS GREAT MOVIES! Here are a few ideas for his new career:
- Basketball Draft: a retired basketball player is on a cat and mouse chase with an arsonist.
- Long Day's Journey Into Shaq: a day in the life of an American family featuring a retired basketball player's devastating morphine addiction.
- White Men Can't Jump: a remake of White Men Can't Jump.
- Shaq: when the 7'1" president falls ill, his advisors cover it up by putting a look-alike in the White House.
- Everyone Says I Dunk You: a middling musical set in Paris.
And the Oscar goes to: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOR DIRECTING!
