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* ''[[John Carter]]'': There were reservations at Disney about letting Andrew Stanton direct the film, despite his strong sentimental attachment to the material, because he'd never directed a live-action feature before. But, since he'd made ''[[WALL-E]]'' and ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' into hits, they let him do it even though he warned them, "I'm not gonna get it right the first time, I'll tell you that right now." Indeed, the film required extensive double reshoots. Throughout production, he ignored the advice of the crewmembers who were live-action veterans in favor of his Pixar friends, back in their offices. Rich Ross (fired over this) and the other studio executives at Disney likewise had little experience with feature films, since most had come from television. |
* ''[[John Carter]]'': There were reservations at Disney about letting Andrew Stanton direct the film, despite his strong sentimental attachment to the material, because he'd never directed a live-action feature before. But, since he'd made ''[[WALL-E]]'' and ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' into hits, they let him do it even though he warned them, "I'm not gonna get it right the first time, I'll tell you that right now." Indeed, the film required extensive double reshoots. Throughout production, he ignored the advice of the crewmembers who were live-action veterans in favor of his Pixar friends, back in their offices. Rich Ross (fired over this) and the other studio executives at Disney likewise had little experience with feature films, since most had come from television. |
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** Then, it came time to market the film, which was already handicapped in that department by having no big stars in the cast. A trailer shown at a Disney con did not go over well, and Stanton refused to take any advice from the studio's marketing department. He insisted on using [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "Kashmir" in the trailer even after it was pointed out to him that a 30-year-old classic-rock song was not likely to resonate with the younger male audience the film was intended for. The movie also went through last-minute retitling, dropping "Princess" and "Mars" from the title because those were thought to turn off the male and female segments of the youth audience respectively. |
** Then, it came time to market the film, which was already handicapped in that department by having no big stars in the cast. A trailer shown at a Disney con did not go over well, and Stanton refused to take any advice from the studio's marketing department. He insisted on using [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "Kashmir" in the trailer even after it was pointed out to him that a 30-year-old classic-rock song was not likely to resonate with the younger male audience the film was intended for. The movie also went through last-minute retitling, dropping "Princess" and "Mars" from the title because those were thought to turn off the male and female segments of the youth audience respectively. |
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* The 2015 ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' film, aka ''[[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Fant4stic]]'', is not only one of the worst films of the decade so far, but also infamous for a tumultuous production on par with the likes of ''Ishtar.'' Be it the crass [[Executive Meddling]], the conflicts between director Josh Trask, the cast and the producers, studio executives not having a lot of trust in the movie save for keeping the license in their hands (rather than handing it back to Marvel and Disney), hastily arranged reshoots or a host of various other backroom drama and politics, the film seemed doomed to fail from the start. |
* The 2015 ''[[Fantastic Four (2015 film)|Fantastic Four]]'' film, aka ''[[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Fant4stic]]'', is not only one of the worst films of the decade so far, but also infamous for a tumultuous production on par with the likes of ''Ishtar.'' Be it the crass [[Executive Meddling]], the conflicts between director Josh Trask, the cast and the producers, studio executives not having a lot of trust in the movie save for keeping the license in their hands (rather than handing it back to Marvel and Disney), hastily arranged reshoots or a host of various other backroom drama and politics, the film seemed doomed to fail from the start. |
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