On the screen and off the hook

It’s fun and sexy, unscripted and uncensored. It’s The Real Cancun, the world’s first reality feature film.

Produced by the creators of The Real World and Road Rules, The Real Cancun brings together 16 people for eight days in a beachfront Mexican villa for the ultimate Spring Break vacation.

The 16 cast members were selected through open auditions at college campuses across the United States, and they eagerly immersed themselves in the Spring Break revelry of Cancun, all the while being followed 24 hours a day by six camera crews.

Bonds were forged, romances were sparked, friendships were tested and hearts were broken amidst a backdrop of non-stop partying by the 40,000 college students who travel to Cancun each year for Spring Break.

“Cancun is the number one fantasy destination for Spring Break,” says producer Mary-Ellis Bunim, who helped create the reality genre with The Real World. “Making this movie with New Line and FilmEngine represents an unprecedented opportunity for us to kick up the bar in terms of the kinds of stories we want to tell.”

Adds producer Jonathan Murray, “It’s exciting to be able to break the chains of television and deliver a more dramatic and sexy theatrical product.”

New Line Cinema will release The Real Cancun (rated “R” by the M.P.A.A. for “strong sexuality/nudity, language and partying”) nationwide on April 25, 2003.