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Animated musician biopics...Hollywood's new gold rush?

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 12:48 pm
by Monterey Jack






What the f#@! is going on?! :?

Re: Animated musician biopics...Hollywood's new gold rush?

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 2:24 pm
by Paul MacLean
I’m waiting for the Lego remake of Amadeus.

Re: Animated musician biopics...Hollywood's new gold rush?

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 3:09 pm
by TaranofPrydain
I had heard about the Robbie Williams/monkey one. I guess that was the subject's decision to handle it that way.

As for the other two, yeesh. The one seems like it is meant as a kids film, but surely they could make another kids lego film without making it a biopic. And as for Phil Collins, it just seems like a cheap move....go on, they should simply recreate the neon world of Miami Vice from scratch by filming on location ( Collins appeared on the show in December 1985)

Re: Animated musician biopics...Hollywood's new gold rush?

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 10:15 pm
by Monterey Jack
The Robbie Williams monkey movie cost $110 million ($25 million more than Baz Luhrmann's Elvis! :shock: ), and is gonna make like $1.5 million this weekend, getting beaten out by The Brutalist (a 3-1/2 hour immigrant drama that's on only 68 screens at the moment). :lol:

Who in this country even knows who Robbie Williams is? :?

Re: Animated musician biopics...Hollywood's new gold rush?

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 1:47 pm
by AndyDursin
Why did Paramount spend $25 million on acquisition rights to that? The whole "let's make it look like PLANET OF THE (MOCAP) APES" premise was just one of the dumbest things I can ever remember in terms of a gimmick. At least the Lego thing somewhat made sense because that's become a whole "genre" onto itself.

Re: Animated musician biopics...Hollywood's new gold rush?

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2025 1:53 pm
by Monterey Jack
Plus, calling it Better Man just makes me think of Pearl Jam. :lol:

Re: Animated musician biopics...Hollywood's new gold rush?

Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 10:23 pm
by Monterey Jack
Hell...Better Man is actually good. Great, even. :shock: Take away the monkey head gimmick, and it's a superb, surprisingly affecting film, with electric musical sequences.