A little film called Drillbit Taylor first surfaced several weeks ago, and had a mostly tepid reception amongst the blogging public. It didn’t have a particularly promising premise; Owen Wilson as a homeless man who poses as a bodyguard when he realizes it’s the perfect “in” to robbing houses. His clients? Unpopular schoolkids who get bullied.

On the surface, it doesn’t seem like much. But then some interesting factoids were unearthed.

Firstly, Drillbit Taylor is based on a concept by…John Hughes. Yes, that John Hughes. The Breakfast Club John Hughes. The Weird Science John Hughes. The St. Elmo’s Fire John Hughes.

The man who brought us pretty much every ’80s teen classic is at it again, and though he’s not credited for any particular part of the film, the story can be traced back to him.

As if that’s not enough, who do you suppose was the one to realize Hughes’ vision? Who actually put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and made Drillbit Taylor come to life?

Seth Rogen, of course.

With help from Kristofor Brown, a Beavis and Butthead veteran.

While neither of these Drillbit Taylor factoids makes the movie any better, it does make it more interesting. Does this herald John Hughes triumphant return to filmmaking? With Rogen start writing instead of acting? And whatever happened to the breakfast club the next day?

Some of these questions are more easily answered than others, but in the meantime you can always play comedy trivia on Kwanzoo.

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