Watch the trailer for Anvil! the Story of Anvil above and then read that headline, and if your heart didn’t warm just a little bit, stop judging me I’m really emotional this week.

The hard-rocking Canadian group will open for the heavy metal band AC/DC when it performs at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. on July 28 and at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 31, the bands’ publicists said in a release.  Anvil, founded in Toronto in the 1970s, enjoyed a short-lived American success in the 1980s with albums like “Hard ‘N Heavy” and “Strength of Steel.” The group recently reentered the cultural consciousness with the “Anvil!” documentary, though the movie has also prompted the occasional (mistaken) conclusion that it is an elaborate, Spinal Tap-style hoax. (For example, the movie “This Is Spinal Tap” was directed by Rob Reiner, and the Anvil drummer and co-founder is named Robb Reiner.) [NYTimes]

Going from playing to a couple people to opening for AC/DC at Giants Stadium is a comeback about as amazing as they come (and I know a little something about amazing come).  It just goes to show, a documentary can be a powerful thing.  I wonder if the guy from Grizzly Man would be enjoying this kind of fame if he hadn’t gotten torn apart and eaten by bears.  It almost makes you wish he’d lived.  Almost.

Mandate Pictures is set to make My Dinner With Herve, a biopic about Herve Villachaize, who famously portrayed Tattoo on Fantasy Island, and pioneered the Villachaize lounge.

Former journalist Sacha Gervasi, who will write and direct the film [and who last wrote The Terminal, one of the worst movies ever -Ed.], conducted the last interview with the French actor days before he committed suicide.

“Steve read the script as a short [hee hee! -Ed.] 10 years ago and always believed it would make a compelling feature,” Gervasi said. “Herve wasn’t just a pop culture icon; he was one of the most charming, cultured and dangerous people I’ve ever met. His is the story of a unique misfit trying to find his place in the world.” [Variety]

Huh.  So, uh, on second thought, I guess the video wasn’t that relevant.