Focus film and the two supporting films:

Last Action Hero - John Carter and Aloha

Inspiration:
http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/last-action-hero/


'To their dismay, Penn and Leff were swiftly dismissed from the project. Then, at Schwarzenegger’s suggestion, Columbia called in Hollywood’s hottest scribe. '(Shane Black)
'*It was a mess. What they'd made was a jarring, random collection of scenes. Shane Black*  '


 https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/jun/11/last-action-hero-sequel-arnold-schwarzenegger-jurassic-park


'Last Action Hero is, charitably, an uneven experience: overblown, tonally chaotic, goofy yet often leaden. Its fantastical premise – a golden ticket that allows young Danny (Austin O’Brien) to physically enter the world of movies – should be magical. But instead of hymning the transportive wonder of cinema, it’s more interested in expensively blowing up action-movie cliches and facilitating a series of star cameos that, despite being fun, chip away at an already slippery premise.'


http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/03/09/famous-flops-john-carter-became-shorthand-for-box-office-bomb/#37dd09a42042


'You can make the case that different casting choices or different marketing choices would have changed John Carter‘s fate, but as the film existed it’s tough to argue against the notion that, to quote Morpheus, what happened, happened and could not have happened any other way.'


http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/01/four-reasons-aloha-flopped-box-office


'While hardly a ruinous debut for a movie with a relatively modest $40 million price tag, Aloha’s box-office haul is considered a disappointment in light of its prestige pedigree.'

Working title

Film for Film's Sake

http://maxlevelgeek.com/2014/05/22/adam-sandler-admits-why-his-movies-have-sucked-lately/

Adam Sandler sells out his talent for free holidays

'To anyone who has sat through one of Adam Sandler’s recent cinematic travesties and thought, “He can’t seriously think this is good, right?” Right. Adam Sandler knows they aren’t good. He just doesn’t care.'

Adam Sandler once wanted to make films out of passion and dedication. This seems like a long long time ago since he has decided that a good film in LA is okay but a bad film in Africa is fun and much more worthy of his time. Ever since 50 First Dates he has cracked the formula for success; go places and make money, everybody's happy. Except the viewers. That was nearly 12 years ago. For more than a decade he has put less effort into his films than in his outfit choices.

Personally I believe that passion is what drives us towards our careers ands goals, and selling that is selling what we believe in. Sadly it's not just Adam Sandler that has lost his integrity. Many other actor and producers opted for the easier choice, the one which guarantees money and loyalty from the fans, making it hard to find quality in Hollywood these days.

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