The new film jem and the holograms is doing extremely poorly at the box office. New jem and the holograms film pic, plus 2 are gay in. Chus bigscreen reinvention of the popular 1980s hasbro animated show jem and the holograms was first unveiled, deeply upset fans of. Jerrica benton inherited both starlight music and starlight house from her late father, emmett benton. Dlisted the jem and the holograms movie was pulled. Like so many recent misguided darkandgritty origin stories, jem and the holograms spends the entire movie getting its characters to the point where they might, in a theoretical sequel. The misfits to team up to take down jem, setting the film up for a sequel. How the jem and the holograms movie manipulates its. At this stage, the movie looks at least a couple of years down the road. Jem and the holograms rock their way to the big screen in this liveaction adaptation of he popular 1980s cartoon. Jem and the holograms 2015 movie theaters moviefone. The league of extraordinary dancers does so by using a thinlydrawn and very by the numbers storyline about musicians whose dreams of stardom. Video, danse, clash and other characters would be in a movie sequel or hopefully not.
Trailer for jem and the holograms 2 also known as jem 2 jem. Released october 23rd, 2015, jem and the holograms stars aubrey peeples, stefanie scott, aurora perrineau, hayley kiyoko the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 58 min, and received a score of. Joe and transformer television series, about a holographic teen popstar group who get into a series of misadventures. Blumhouse productions had no business making it as they. Since nearly no one saw this movie, and since i have thoughts. Jem and the holograms could have been this generations josie and the pussycats. Jem and the holograms jason blum trailer outrage the. I kinda wish there was gonna be a sequel now jem and the.
She is the alterego of jerrica benton, owner of starlight music and a foster home for girls known as starlight house later called starlight mansion. Starts development on the crazy rich asians sequel. Jem and the holograms directors blunt response to the. Chu and everybody involved in jem and the holograms, the movie bombed harder than a b52 at the box office after its. Chu on the failure of the jem and the holograms movie denofgeek. Jem and the holograms producer says audiences will be pleasantly surprised by the movie after trailer uproar basically the direct opposite of how we felt about the trailer. The story line was not the greatest, i was disappointed it was not set in the 80s like the original jem and the holograms. Jemjerrica benton voiced by samantha newark singing voice recorded by britta phillips jem is the leader of the holograms where she provides the lead vocals. Unfortunately, the films script by ryan landels the lxd. Jem and the holograms is one of the weirdest big screen adaptations of a cheap tv cartoon that ive seen. Its similarly safe to assume that a jem and the holograms sequel will never be made, but i found the movie surprisingly interesting for largely the same reasons it flopped. I thought of this as telling a bigger story, for sure. Nashville star aubrey peeples takes front stage as jerrica benton aka jem, with. Jem and the holograms, based on the iconic hasbro animated tv series, is written by ryan.
Jem and the holograms liveaction movie being made by. Check out 27 things to know about the jem and the holograms movie, a batman begins version of the popular animated series starring molly ringwald. Jem and the holograms official trailer 2 hd youtube. Making jem and the holograms into a live action movie has been a passion project a decade in the making for director jon m. I dont know what i expected going into the movie, but it wasnt a comingofage drama that compensates for its near plotlessness with charming and sometimes touching performances, astute observations about how todays youth use technology to deepen their sense of. Jem and the holograms plays out as a modernized origin story for the musical superhero characters that are depicted in the popular jem cartoon series. Will they be making a sequel to the jem and the holograms movie.
Jem and the holograms 2 is a cancelled sequel to the 2015 film jem and the holograms. The first trailer for the upcoming liveaction adaptation of jem and the holograms debuted on tuesday, may 12, and sparked backlash from. Alone together featuring aubrey peeples, jem and the holograms, 2. When i first heard about the jem and the holograms reboot movie, i was like, oh this could be cool. Jem and the holograms star aubrey peeples teases movies. In march, a new jem and the holograms comic book series is set to be released both are set in present time. Chu on the failure of the jem and the holograms movie. The whole movie tries so hard to be inspiring, uplifting and mainstream, but it fails on doing that and it just came off embarrassing. Their efforts finally paid off when it officially went. Jem was just as big as these other sunbowclaster productions, and there is a demand for the show. Whereas the first movie acts as the origin story for the young jerrica bentonthe batman begins of jem, as chu puts itthe sequel would see the holograms face off against their iconic punk. I kinda wish there was gonna be a sequel now jem and the holograms movie discussion.
The original movie was poorly written, badly casted and massively underbudgeted. Following on the heels of the fake james bond 24 trailer, i thought the announcement of a jem and the holograms movie from g. Jem and the holograms official trailer 2 hd in theaters october 23. Regisseur erhalt todesdrohungen wegen jem and the holograms.
Jem and the holograms image courtesy of universal ive written a lot over the last couple years about making sure that you make a movie that, at the very least, pleases the audience demographic. Jem and the holograms takes place in a magical land where one viral song can land you something called a recording contract from a music executive so powerful she regularly holds. After the events of the first jem and the holograms film, jerrica benton along with her sisters, kimber, aja and shana, all decide to open up a. I feel that a liveaction version of jem and the holograms is the next step. Jem and the holograms is a 2015 american musical fantasy drama film starring aubrey peeples as the title character, stefanie scott, hayley kiyoko, aurora perrineau, juliette lewis, ryan guzman and molly ringwald loosely based on the 198588 animated television series jem btsw by christy marx, the film is produced by hasbro studios and blumhouse productions, coproduced and directed by jon m.
Chu spoke about the possibility of jem and the holograms 2 during an interview with comic book, stating. Based on the 1980s hasbro cartoon jem that followed the adventures of an allgirl rock group, chu spent the best part of a decade working alongside indie producer jason blum trying to get a movie made. One needs only witness the aforementioned price issues for used dvd copies to see what im talking about. Bringing jem and the holograms to the big screen was a passion project for director jon m. Jem and the holograms is, in my opinion, one of the most badass cartoons ever made because its all about girl power and feuding pop stars.
Jem and the holograms movie trailer and videos tv guide. For the unfamiliar, jem and the holograms was an 80s cartoon, from the same team that brought you the g. The misfits filmed their own movie called the misfits hit it big, but starbright by jem and the holograms got more attention. As a smalltown girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a.
The last new song performed by the misfits was top of the charts, although this was a collaboration with the holograms and the stingers, excluding the vocalists of these bands, jem and riot. Jem jerrica benton jem is the leader of the holograms where she provides the lead vocals. It introduced too many new, halfbaked ideas and discarded too many of the ones audiences loved and expectedangrily demanded. Jem and the holograms directors blunt response to the movie. The popular 1980s animated series jem and the holograms gets a glossy bigscreen makeover in this formulaic but entertaining liveaction movie that takes several key liberties with its source.
Jem and the holograms wastes two hours and then teases us with a much better sequel that will never. How the jem and the holograms movie manipulates its biggest fans. Will they be making a sequel to the jem and the holograms. That lowbudget basic bitch abc family movie that is committing fraud by calling itself jem and the holograms has turned out to be a bigger and stinkier turd than expected. Blumhouse productions and universal pictures wont but i think there is a possibility maybe 5 years from now. Jem and the holograms movie trailer debuts, enrages. Jem and the holograms trailer trashed by original fans. Jem and the holograms reimagines a beloved 80s cartoon series for the youtube generation courtesy of step up director jon m. How jem and the holograms failed to live up to the cartoon. The best scene in jem and the holograms is after the credits. If i could time travel back to 1985, id tell my young, innocent, little self to just stay in bed for most of 2015. We meet jerrica as shes vlogging about selfidentity and the way. This jem and the holograms fan film is finally the movie the.