Could Cats have been saved if it received an overhaul like the Sonic Movie? Or was Cats doomed to fail from the beginning?
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Doomed as the musical itself already is a bad joke. Or anything like rent, just the musical recorded
With all due respect, Cats is not the kind of work that would lend itself well to a movie adaptation. There's little plot to talk about, what exists on there is nothing more than a framing device for the musical numbers. It is an entirely sung musical, mind you.
Besides, the art direction itself is flawed since it is deeply rooted in uncanny valley. To take an example you brought up, Sonic's initial movie design seems to me as a failed attempt to balance realism and cartoon style. The redesign went into a more stylized direction, which worked because Sonic is after all aesthetically a cartoon character. You can't stylize a living human covered in fur.
Now, there were some concepts for an animated Cats movie back in the day. But, again, considering the source material, I think the best it could hope for is a cult classic flop.
Make some dying company today survive longer (I hope this isn't current politics, but some companies' downfalls start early enough (1980s or prior) to be relevant here).
At one point, MCI was very competitive with AT&T as a telecommunications company...
The question is who is going to get ABC? Sony? maybe fox? someone else?
Were Jojo + Ronnie James Dio active at the same time? If so, could a Ronnie James Dio + Jojo collaboration have ever happened?
I was thinking of an alternate timeline for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's a world where Marvel Comics doesn't go bankrupt in 1996, thus they don't have to sell away their movie rights. This leads to an alternate entertainment world for the 2000s, and an attempt to launch an MCU is made in the late 2000s. One that, from the start, has Fantastic Four, X-Men and Spider-Man available from the beginning and without strings attached. Here, I would explore the full ramifications of what it means large and small.
Would this be interesting?
Would this be interesting?
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Imagine about if Disney never acquires Star Wars or Lucasfilm, but instead they acquired Back To The Future franchise has led to profound impact that the possible reboot of the franchise will probably to happen within 2010s?
Would it be interesting or quite great idea to make?
Would it be interesting or quite great idea to make?
No chance in Hell, John Landis make sure any sequel or reboot or whatever will be over his deadbody
WI: John Sayles' version of Jurassic Park 4 had been made?
I always wondered how would the franchise have been if JPIV was made in 2005. For sure, this would butterfly Jurassic World entirely but it may mean that Chris Pratt or Bryce Dallas Howard may show up in another way. One highlight of this cancelled script was the use of human-dino hybrids.Shronkey2021
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Why they would even sold it now? Rephrase it, should be more what if Lucas sold his company to someone else
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