Monster carsthe example not to follow
Initially the idea was very risky, but how could you say no to the president of Paramount Pictures? In 2013, Paramount Pictures studios announced a new film, potentially the first part of a franchise that mixes animation and live action. The first release in cinemas is scheduled for May 2015, Monster cars finally released in France in September 2016 and in the United States in January 2017.
Despite the recognized talents behind the camera – Chris Wedge, director of The ice Agehe is accompanied by director of photography Don Burgess (Forrest Gump, Contact, Alone in the world) -, Monster cars East a resounding failure at the box office. And the current cast, which includes Lucas Till, Amy Ryan, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper and Samara Weaving, has nothing to do with this exemplary failure.
Tripp, a high school student, is deeply bored in his hometown. He decides to build a monster truck with spare parts found in a scrapyard. After an accident near an oil drilling site, he encounters a strange underground creature. Tripp also discovers that this “monster” has a taste and a certain talent for speed.
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An idea from the son of the president of Paramount Pictures
Main reason for the film’s failure? The step of Monster cars was introduced by Adam Goodman, then president of Paramount Pictures an original idea from his 4 year old son. Obviously, the child cannot be held responsible for this disaster film, with a budget of $125 million and which grosses only 64.5 at the worldwide box office, but rather the adults who have succumbed to nepotism unhappy and had the ambition to create an original film franchise that could also allow the sale of toys related to this universe.
Somewhere in between transformers, Automobiles AND The Gooniesthe basic idea of Monster cars it is not, however, entirely absurd. And Adam Goodman has some commercial hits going for him with the reboot of Star Trek by JJ Abrams, the 4th film Mission Impossible and franchising Paranormal activity. Only, Monster cars relying exclusively on what children like a priori is not sufficient to constitute honest family entertainment…
When the trailer was revealed in June 2016, there was no doubt about the film’s eventual reception.
A failure announced in advance by Paramount
In addition to this idea coming from a very young child, the production of Monster cars it didn’t go well, with studio executives popping out one after another. Adam Goodman himself was fired in 2015, a month after production ended and two years before the film was released in theaters. In the same year, the head of Paramount Animation also left the studios, without being replaced…
Failure is inevitable. In September 2016, Viacom, owner of Paramount Studios, announced this Monster cars should represent a loss of $115 million. A rare practice, but one that studios are obliged to do towards investors when a project promises to be so excessively underperforming…
Source: Cine Serie
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