LOS ANGELES, CA – This summer, Shout! Factory gives new meaning to the term “splatter” film, when it releases the film festival favorite, Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story. Starring Rob Corddry (TV’s “The Daily Show”, Old School), Blackballed is the story of Bobby Dukes, paintball’s first superstar, who returns to the game to prove himself after a scandalous fall from grace. Hailed by critics and festival-goers across the country, Blackballed brings together an uproarious troupe of comedy stars from the Upright Citizen’s Brigade for a freewheeling tribute to a sport that takes no prisoners. A tale bursting with determination, redemption and plenty of hardcore paintball action, Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, now in limited theatrical release, is sure to score a kill shot with home audiences when it’s released on DVD July 25th for the suggested retail price of $19.98. The DVD is also bursting with the “extras of champions” featuring hilarious, spot-on commentary with the filmmakers and cast (Corddry, Paul Scheer, Rob Riggle); prime outtakes and deleted scenes and the very special featurette, “Around the World with Bobby Dukes”.

Every sport needs a hero, and in the paintball hungry ‘90s, Bobby Dukes was the first. With his explosive style and unmatched charisma, he was well on his way to leading his team, The River Rats, to an unprecedented fourth “Classic” victory when the unthinkable happened. Bobby, attempting one of his signature moves, was shot. Desperate to stay in the game, he intentionally wiped the paint from his jersey, thus committing paintball’s most heinous crime, “wiping.” And, after an overzealous referee ejected Bobby, the three-time champ was banned from the sport for ten years and became the laughing stock of the paintball community. Deemed a cheater, disgraced and humiliated, he had no choice but to disappear.

Ten years later, an older and wiser Bobby returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past. He enters the Hudson Valley Paintball Classic but finds no self-respecting paintball player will be caught dead on his team. On the verge of giving up hope, he joins forces with the most unlikely of allies: the referee that caught him cheating. Now, the two improbable partners must recruit a team of paintball misfits and take back the paintball title.

The ensemble cast of Blackballed – winner of multiple festival awards, including the Audience Award at SXSW (2004) and the Grand Jury Prize at the Boston Film Festival (2005) -- features an improv who’s who, starring “The Daily Show” favorite Corddry as the legend Bobby Dukes. Joined on the field by Paul Scheer (VH1’s “Best Week Ever”), Ed Helms (“The Daily Show”), Dannah Feinglass (“Mad TV”), Rob Riggle (“Saturday Night Live”) Rob Huebel (Upright Citizens Brigade, “The Daily Show”) Curtis Gwinn (“The Man Show”) and Seth Morris (Upright Citizens Brigade) together, they form the nucleus of one of the most memorable paintball teams to ever pull on the camouflage.