#heymcconaughey

10/04/2017: REALLY good news, guys! at long last--I have finally managed to get a response from somebody in Matthew’s inner circle. Mark, whose account I’ve long since verified, is somebody who works alongside Matthew and his team and has sent me an address associated with the McConaughey family business endeavors in California.

I wrapped the fanbook up today and it’s ready to get mailed out tomorrow! I asked Mark to send me a message when the book gets passed into Matthew’s hands, but I can’t promise we’ll get anything more than that. I don’t want to push my luck with this, you understand, since I consider this such a huge favor from Mark already. if we got a response at all we would be very lucky indeed--please be respectful of Mark and Matthew about this and understand that they’re busy dudes.

HEYMcCONAUGHEY UPDATE: THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG!

here’s a brief update post on the HeyMcConaughey fanbook to prove that I’m actually still alive and the project hasn’t flat lined on the table 👍 

I definitely meant to say “sorry it’s been such a long time since I’ve updated” in the beginning, but.....words, etc.

Hey everybody! March is coming up fast around the bend and we wanted to drop in to remind you that the deadlines for submitting to the HeyMcConaughey Fanbook Project are still slated as APRIL 10TH (soft deadline) and APRIL 24TH (hard deadline). Nothing has showed up in the P.O. Box yet, so we hope you're working on your letters and fan art in preparation to get them in the mail next month sometime. 

For anybody who wants to contribute, feel free to check out the guidelines/FAQ page or send us a message with any questions you might have. Over the next couple days we're going to try and start doing more promotional stuffs with content from True Detective to hopefully draw in more interested contributors, and then begin the process of locating the scrapbook we want to use for the final project. Suggestions are always welcome! The address for mailing your submissions is:

HeyMcConaughey is online! This is the official page for the Matthew McConaughey fanbook project you've been hearing about, where we'll be answering your questions, keeping you updated on coming deadlines, and documenting this journey from start to finish.

For those of you who are newcomers (or haven't been following our preliminary posts elsewhere), the whole idea and inspiration for the fanbook started in light of this past award season. Matthew's performance as Rust Cohle in the HBO series True Detective was largely overlooked and didn't garner the level of attention it rightfully deserved, and even though the big leagues may not have been so apt to recognize the hard work and talent he put into that character, we thought it'd be nice for the fans to show him our appreciation instead. With that being said, this fanbook is going to be about Matthew overall, but specifically geared toward his work as Rust Cohle. A lot of people found a lot of beautiful things in the character--whether that be creative inspiration, solidarity, or even a ray of light in the dark--, and our primary goal is to drum up some of the recognition and praise Rust truly deserves, courtesy of the people to whom he means the most. Because the finished project is going to be in the form of a scrapbook, the type of contributions we're looking for are along the lines of handwritten notes and letters (typed if need be), post cards, fan art--anything flat and two-dimensional that can fit easily on the pages of a book. We have a set of guidelines for creating and formatting your submissions, in addition to where you can mail them when you're ready to ship out. We're very excited about this project and hope to have a good submission turnout in honor of Matthew and Rust! Feel free to let us know if you're interested in participating, and please share the HeyMcConaughey page with your fellow True Detective and Matthew fans who might like to show their appreciation as well.

Just to let you know in advance, there are going to be ((2)) deadlines for this project, a soft deadline we'd like to have most submissions received by, and a hard one two weeks later for those of you who live overseas and might need extra shipping time:

April 10, 2015 (soft deadline)

April 24, 2015 (hard final deadline)