Mike Judge's Idiocracy is finally getting a release. On September 1st, Fox will release the film in limited theaters.

In the latest issue of Esquire Magazine, Judge explained the difficulties of getting this movie in theaters. Here is the highlights:

Idiocracy was supposed to be different. He filmed it two years ago, but once photography was finished, the real problems began: So-and-so executive hasn't had a chance to see it, so everything was put on hold. Then Fox started nickel-and-diming him over a few special-effects costs. Finally, once the movie was totally finished last fall, Judge and the execs started to butt heads over the marketing, especially the trailers. (He's still steamed over the ad campaign for Office Space.) "They're just overthinking it, which is what they always do," Judge says. "It's just about an average dumb-ass person who winds up in the future. It's not about 'What if you could travel through time....'

"I've never experienced anything like this," he says.

"It's just dragged on way too long—a good seven months longer than Office Space. I could have made another movie after I locked the picture before this one comes out."

Sometimes he fought back quietly, like when he had his friend Robert Rodriguez take care of a special-effects scene for free, but other times, he knows he needed to be tougher on the studio, to go into their offices and get his way. Even the best men kiss a little ass once in a while, right? "I just hate doing it so much," he says. "I'm not able to do it without feeling insulted and stressed out. It's really my own fault. I really don't have any right to complain."

By now, the studio has yet to get back to him about the damn trailer, which means he can't show it.

It's really sad to see this happen to such a creative genius. While Office Space found a huge fan following on DVD, it tanked in the theater. I'm wondering if the studio's "incredible" marketing reps were to blame for that one? 

Also in the article, Judge talks about his discovery of hunting porn (who knew there was such a thing?) while researching a possible hunting comedy called Meat in the Freezer.

You can read the full article over at Esquire.com.

Idiocracy follows Private Joe Bowers, the definition of "average American", who is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program, set 1,000 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.