WTF Happened To This Movie

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WTF Happened to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?

Posted 4 years ago

Chris Fifty years after its release, it seems hard to believe that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the classic adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” actually did not perform well at the box office during its...

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WTF Happened to Wild Wild West (1999)?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris The year 1999 had a massive impact on cinema with movies like Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, Magnolia and The Matrix. And then there was… Wild Wild West. This expensive big-screen adaptation of a 1960’s Western spy show featured...

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WTF Happened to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites! Plenty of movies have challenging productions, but not many can claim they ended the career...

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WTF Happened to Ridley Scott’s Gladiator?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites! Director Ridley Scott and star Russell Crowe’s big-budget historical epic Gladiator ended up an award-winning,...

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WTF Happened to Cowboys & Aliens?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites! With Hollywood heavyweights like Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Jon Favreau and Steven Spielberg collaborating on...

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WTF Happened to The Predator?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites! Fans of Fox’s lethal alien hunters were thrilled to learn that Shane Black would relaunch...

WTF Happened to Michael Bay’s The Island?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled movie productions, box-office failures, and bizarre and surprising creative decisions!  After five bombastic blockbusters, director Michael Bay attempted something more cerebral with the sci-fi clone thriller The...

WTF Happened to The Purge?

Posted 5 years ago

Chris WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites! By now, everyone is familiar with the fictional American holiday known as The Purge, where...

WTF Happened to Howard the Duck?

Posted 5 years ago

WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites! In 1986, long before the Avengers assembled on the big screen and transformed the Marvel Cinematic...

WTF Happened to The Lighthouse?

Posted 5 years ago

WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites! Director Robert Eggers followed the sleeper horror hit The Witch with his 2019 sophomore effort The Lighthouse,...

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