''The Adventures of Food Boy'' is a 2008

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directed by Dane Cannon. It is based on the 2007

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''Owen Seabrook: Food Boy''. It stars

Lucas Grabeel Lucas Stephen Grabeel ( ; born November 23, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in the ''High School Musical'' film series (2006–2008). His other film appearances include '' Hallowee ...

in his first lead role as Ezra Chase, who becomes a superhero known as "Food Boy".

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plays the lead female role of Shelby. The film was filmed in Utah at

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during fall 2007. An early teaser trailer of ''The Adventures of Food Boy'' was posted on the Internet in November 2007. ''The Adventures of Food Boy'' premiered at the

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in April 2008 where it won the award for ''"Best Family Film"''. It saw a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 22, 2008, and saw a DVD release on October 7, 2008.

Plot

''The Adventures of Food Boy'' takes a different approach to the superhero genre. The story centers around a teenage boy who discovers he has the superpower to generate food out of his hands. Ezra Chase (

) is a top high school student who is determined to make his life extraordinary. He is usually challenged into eating disgusting things and manages to eat them without hassle. However, his goals get more complicated when food spontaneously begins shooting from his hands at inconvenient times. Chaos usually ensues. After discovering that he has this "gift" (which only a few people possess), Ezra starts to use it to improve his status at school. Ezra's friends Shelby (

), Joel (Kunal Sharma) and Dylan (Jeff Braine) also start to get more popular. But as this new superpower begins to take over his life, Ezra has to learn how best to use it. He eventually is forced to decide if he agrees with his grandmother (Joyce Cohen) in saying, "Not all superheroes fight crime".

Cast

as Ezra Chase *

as Shelby *

Ryne Sanborn Ryne Andrew Sanborn (born February 3, 1989) is an American ice hockey player and former actor. He is best known for his role as Jason Cross in the ''High School Musical'' films. In 2008 he retired from acting to study architecture at University ...

as Mike *Kunal Sharma as Joel *Jeff Braine as Dylan *

Noah Bastian Noah Dale Bastian (born August 26, 1979) is an American actor and TV personality best known for his role as Chad Linus in the MTV movie and series, '' 2ge+her''. Bastian was born in San Jose, California. His TV appearances include guest roles ...

as Garrett *Joyce Cohen as Grandma *Craig Everett as Montagu *McCall Clark as Justine *Brooklyn McKnight as Elle *Bailey McKnight as Julie *Chris Miller as the Janitor

References

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