Hulu has premiered the official trailer and poster for the Eva Longoria-directed “Flamin’ Hot,” the first feature film to ever premiere simultaneously on both the Disney+ and Hulu SVOD services. The true story-inspired tale follows Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), a Frito-Lay janitor who disrupted the food industry by channelling his Mexican American heritage to turn the scarlet-colored Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into a global pop culture phenomenon and marketing success story. Annie Gonzalez, Dennis Haysbert, Emilio Rivera, Tony Shalhoub, Matt Walsh, Pepe Serna, Bobby Soto, Jimmy Gonzales, Brice Gonzalez co-star in the Searchlight Pictures title. The film had its world premiere at SXSW where it was named the Audience Award winner in the festival’s Headliners section. It currently sits at 72% (6.7/10) on Rotten Tomatoes and a 68/100 on Metacritic. The project was originally only slated to launch on Hulu, but the move to both platforms aims to ensure a wider viewership – and makes sure the film will also be made available on Disney+ internationally. “Flamin” Hot” clocks in at a refreshing brief 98-minute runtime and launches on June 9th on both Disney+ and Hulu. https://www.darkhorizons.com/official-trailer-hulus-flamin-hot-film/
Am I weird if I love Mexican food, spicy food (think Thai, Indian and anything I make at home), AND Cheetos……:but I don’t like flamin hot Cheetos?
It's weird if you ALSO like junk food (stuff you get out of a vending machine). But if you don't like that stuff, or like... McDonalds, etc... then it's acceptable. LOGICAL even.
I read about this dude a while ago and a lot of people at Frito-Lay barely even knew who he was (which was understandable since he was a janitor), but it was difficult finding many people who knew anything about the story of him inventing flaming cheetos. Then a couple of years ago I read this investigation by the LA Times about the guy, and I don't know who to believe. What makes it worse is that George Santos decides to make an appearance in life and you can't trust anybody anymore. You're not the only one. I love eating spicy foods. Thai, Indian, Jamaican, Nashville hot chicken, spicy ass viet-cajun crawfish, etc., and have tried probably well over 150 hot sauces, and I don't see the appeal with Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The spicy isn't very spicy and they taste chemical. But then as a kid, I used to love Cheetos, too. They were my favorite snack food. But I haven't had any in quite a while and really don't miss them.
I had heard he lied about inventing flaming hot cheetos but that article helped me understand what was going on. Seems like he really did work his way up through the company and helped spearhead a lot of mexican food inspired lines at frito lay and just decided to say it was flaming hot instead because it makes the story sound better not thinking people would care to dig into the details. The interesting part is why FritoLay isn't aggressively fighting back. I think this could be 2 reasons. They don't want the negative publicity of pushing back on a minority rags to riches story and he's essentially giving them a bunch of free ads with this movie and other appearances. If anything, he's an asset to FritoLay, even if he's flat out lying.
We've got a movie about sneakers and now one about chips. I hope we get a movie about bottled water soon.
all I wanna know is if he actually got put on financially Or was Frito-Lay like “Oh, u came up with this? That’s great, now gimme that and get lost” then a week later “ladies and gentleman, introducing Frito-lays newest creation Flamin’ Hot Cheetos!” while he’s still in the back cleaning toilets
Read the LA Times article. The entire situation isn't necessarily "one way". Frito Lay seems to be cool with it, though. Gave him a title and salary, and they may get some publicity out of it. And, of course, maybe Eva Longoria gets some money by making a movie with a plot that really didn't happen and lines that were never said, too. lol.
Frito Lay is getting free publicity, they don't care. The story is half-true, and it's fun, so roll with it.
