In the history of cinema and television, it has happened many times that a production that was predicted a great success turned out to be a flop. Millions of dollars invested and fans’ hopes did not translate into profits and good reviews. It turns out that there were also opposite cases, when productions surprised in a positive sense. Here are some examples.
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Ironman. Everything could have gone wrong
The rights to bring the story of Iron Man to the big screen in 1990 went to Universal Studios. In the late 1990s, 20th Century Fox bought them back, and Nicolas Cage himself wanted to play the lead role in the film. Although even Quentin Tarantino was brought in to work on the film, the project was abandoned. In the end, the rights returned to Marvel, which, in order to save the budget, in the meantime got rid of its most famous heroes, i.e. the X-Men and Spider-Man. The creation of the Iron Man production was entrusted to Jon Favreau, then associated more with the movie “Elf” than stories about superheroes. Robert Downey Jr. was cast in the lead role, over which the specter of addiction and disgrace in Hollywood still hung. While everything could have gone wrong and the production could have failed spectacularly, “Iron Man” turned out to be the beginning of the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that continues to this day.
“Guardians of the Galaxy”. Nobody was successful
After the great success of “Iron Man”, Marvel Studios began to create more productions in the universe. So films about the Hulk, Thor and Captain America were shown in cinemas, and finally “The Avengers”. All the characters were more or less recognizable. When “Guardians of the Galaxy” hit theaters in 2014, they were not predicted success. Few people have heard of these characters, even among comic book fans they were not popular. James Gunn showed that the malcontents were wrong, and the Guardians became the MCU’s favorite heroes.
“Game of Thrones”. The pilot episode was a flop, but HBO gave the production the green light
George RR Martin emphasized that he had created a story that could not be filmed. Full of details and intricate threads connecting individual threads and characters, “A Song of Ice and Fire” actually seemed untranslatable to the screens. David Benioff and DB Weiss, after getting “blessing” and permission to create the series from Martin, were to hear from him that it had no right to work. Clouds hung over the ambitious plans when the pilot episode “” turned out to be an absolute flop. It was dramatically bad, but HBO gave the creators the green light. All the bugs were corrected, and the series was ultimately a huge success.
“Star Wars”. George Lucas forgot about the premiere
George Lucas didn’t have much experience as a director or writer. He also had a relatively small budget to implement his idea. 20th Century Fox was even convinced that the film would be a flop and did not have high hopes for the production. “Space opera” surprised everyone, even Lucas himself, who … forgot that his film is just entering the cinemas. He was afraid of criticism and failure of the work, so together with his wife at the time, Marcia Lucas, he left for Hawaii. On the day of the premiere, he found crowds of fans standing in line at the cinemas. The rest is history. “” in 1977 made millions, becoming the first true blockbuster.
Source: Gazeta
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