Reminder that we could have gotten this, but Sony decided to cancel it and release the emoji movie instead
Reminder that we could have gotten this, but Sony decided to cancel it and release the emoji movie instead
Alexander Hernandez
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Wyatt Carter
We probably still dont deserve it, at least not until the last Hotel Transylvania movie is released and Tartakovsky has mastered CG animation.
Joshua Bell
IT FUCKING HURTS
Xavier Long
>Knowing the movie would have sported the supremely delightful animated eye candy Tartakovsky is known for
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>Knowing it'd have been dragged the fuck down by executive mandate into something barely resembling Popeye, hints of which is already visible in the preview footage
This is a case where either outcome sits half well, half badly.
James Gray
Reminder that the Emoji movie made a lot of money and likely got its money back from sponsorship money alone. And it probably made more money than the potential Popeye movie would've made.
Brandon Turner
>but Sony decided to cancel it and release the emoji movie instead
And they were right
Ryder Ross
>Believe that Sony wanted to cancel the project.
>Making a movie without having the rights to use the character.
The mistake was made by Sony from the moment they thought about making the Popeye movie without a license to use the character. When hackers leaked the short and uploaded it to the internet, Popeye's rights owner sent them a Cease and Desist. And the only thing that occurred to him was to take out a new project that we know as the Emoji Movie.
Benjamin Green
what is that, like a bootleg Mao Mao or something?
Carson Nguyen
What if rather than cancelling the project entirely, it's been shelved for the future, and the emoji movie was made as a quick buck to ensure that the studio has the assets to go nuts with a riskier project like Popeye? I know execs and investors are a greedy, weary, superstitious bunch, but they're still human beings, and not wanting to gamble on an IP that may not turn a profit without having backup funds in case the movie bombs sounds like a good way to prevent net losses down the line.
People who think in moneybags and investment always think much later ahead than the average person. How many Yas Forums and Yas Forums projects have been shelved or worked at minimum capacity in order to ensure a profit margin in the future, despite taking years or decades to really take off? For a videogame example, think of how the creator and studio behind the Oddworld series lost its funding for true sequels in the 90s, and only in the mid-10s did he get enough dosh from the Oddworld remakes in order to restart his plan of making a more cinematic sequel to his original game and keep the ball rolling for his long term plans. Dude waited more than 20 years to get his big break.
Caleb Baker
This series came out long before Mao Mao was released, so Mao Mao would be the bootleg.