29th December, 2008
Failure of animated film "Delgo" shakes Hollywood to its core
It's bad enough that the Screen Actors Guild may go on strike soon, Hollywood studios are trying to cope with another devastating development. The animated CGI movie "Delgo" was a massive bomb at the box office, earning just $512,000 in its first weekend of wide release, despite it being animated and having a Hollywood star voice cast.
"We're in complete shock," says the film's director, Marc Adler. "I mean we did the two things were supposed to do. We had CGI animation and tons of Hollywood star voices. What else were we supposed to do? This is so stunning. The same formula has worked for years. We're back to square one on this."
The Hollywood star voice cast included Freddie Prinze Jr., Val Kilmer, Malcolm McDowell, Louis Gossett Jr., Eric Idle and Burt Reynolds.
"How could a film bomb with a cast like that?" asks Box Office Weekly editor David Heisler. "I mean, Christ Kattan was in it. I hear a few studios are now going to extremes by trying to add quality storylines to the animation and Hollywood star voice cast. The situation is that desperate right now."
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