In the world of “Stop That Train,” (opening in theaters on June 12) RuPaul is Madame President, and like any world leader, she worries about her approval ratings. When a high-speed train called the Glamazonian Express is struck by lightning and hurtles toward disaster – a threatening “stormaganza” – the president is put to the test.
Best friends Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee) play train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. Except they encounter the A-Squad, the Glamazonian Express version of “Mean Girls” led by Ayshleiygh (Symone), Alli (Marcia Marcia Marcia) and Amber (Brook Lynn Hytes). It’s a romp of a comedy-disaster movie harkening back to the likes of “Airplane” and anything by Mel Brooks.
Variety visited the Los Angeles film set last November, and discovered how unabashedly silly and fun the film is.
“Hairspray” director Adam Shankman was shooting a scene featuring Joel McHale as a passenger dressed in a leather harness. The scene required numerous takes, and each time, ripples of laughter erupted in the video village with World of Wonder co-founders and producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, as well as producer Tom Campbell.
