#Diary of a wimpy kid double down movie
#Diary of a wimpy kid double down tv

Jeff Kinney has compared his own experiences of being a famous author to The Truman Show.

#Diary of a wimpy kid double down tv

Greg believing that his TV show is a parody of the film The Truman Show.Greg is upset that Rowley hasn't given any credit to him for coming up with the idea for the movie, and writes that he would never 'make a fool out of himself to get a cheap laugh from the people watching at home.' The electronic witch is activated, and Rowley runs out of the house in fear and climbs up a tree, then Frank arrives home.Ī few weeks later, Greg writes that Rowley has gotten famous and been on the news and talk shows. He finds the pig eating his gummy worms, and Rowley notices the geese outside, so they plan to get Rodrick's wolf mask out of the basement. Greg records the scenes, with Rowley being the only actor in the movie, and spreads gummy worms outside for a scene in which a man looks outside to see the nightcrawlers in his yard. Greg writes the script for the movie, titled Night of the Night Crawlers, and has Rowley storyboard it.

#Diary of a wimpy kid double down movie

He calls Rowley, and while going to get paper towels to clean up the now-melted chocolate chips, Greg finds bags of gummy worms and gets the idea to make a horror movie with them. Greg gets hungry and looks for candy, finding a bag of chocolate chips. Greg rips his pants and has Rowley colour his underwear with marker, at which point Frank comes in and accuses them of 'goofing off,' grounding Greg. At the Fall Concert, he and Rowley are locked in the band room. Greg gives up on playing the French horn, but his father, Frank, refuses to let him leave the band. He leaves the party early when Rowley needs to go to the bathroom. Susan attends the party as well and sets up party games, which Greg ends up enjoying. He then learns that Mariana is inviting only the woodwind section and decides to go with Rowley, who plays the flute, like a two-headed monster. To get invited, he takes up playing the French horn. Greg hears about Mariana Mendoza's Halloween party and wants to attend, but hears that she is only inviting people who are in the school band. Susan takes Greg to the college campus and he helps a girl study for her psychology test but is disappointed when he learns that she already has a boyfriend. Susan enjoys college and tries to get Greg and Rodrick interested, although Greg still plans to be a video game tester or a garbage collector. Susan is disappointed in Greg for his 'pattern of deception' about the supposedly stolen LEGO brick, reminding Greg of lies he has told and has been told. Greg turns in his balloon and gets the candy corn, which is eaten by the pig. After, Susan goes back to college to finish her master's degree. Susan thinks Maddox is a good role model for Greg and sets them up on a playdate, ending with Maddox accusing Greg of having stolen a LEGO brick. Greg's balloon is received by Maddox Selsam, a teen who is not allowed to play video games and has bad social skills. He then suspects that his Spineticklers books are giving him nightmares and that adults are trying to get them banned. Greg wants Halloween candy, so he joins the school's Balloon Brigade, the prize being a jar of candy corn. Greg then talks about the geese that have flocked to the neighborhood, and then his family's pet pig. One book gives him the plan to freeze himself and be thawed out in a hundred years.Īs Halloween approaches, Susan sends Rodrick to buy decorations, and he buys a noisy plastic witch that scares Greg. Greg buys various trinkets, and Susan makes him return them and buy books, so he chooses the Spineticklers series. When a school book fair starts, he writes about how Susan, his mother, wants him to be more creative. Greg Heffley believes that his life is being broadcast on TV and that his deceased relatives are watching over him from Heaven. “I realized that if millions of people are turning in every day to see what I’m up to,”