The Emperor’s New Groove, Mark Dindal, David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Walt Disney Studios, home release, 4K UHD, comedy, adventure

It was never supposed to happen. Disney had a plan, a rigid formula they were going to stick to forever. A heroic figure, a beautiful princess, a comedic sidekick, a theatrical scene-hogging villain, and a furry thing to sell plushies, served up with lots of songs. Kingdom Of The Sun was supposed to continue this tradition. Then, somewhere along the way, it got GROOVED. Sensing the film wasn’t working, the Disney execs were threatening to kill the project in 1998 unless someone could turn it around. Having nothing to lose, Mark Dindal became the new director and took it in an insane direction, abandoning anything familiar in favor of an all-out cartoon comedy. Well, it was different, but it wasn’t boring, so Disney let the new version see completion — but it would be shoved into a December 2000 premiere so they could bury it. “We’ll probably never make a movie like this again,” Michael Eisner himself is said to have stated as he rose from his chair during the final studio pre-screening. Eisner was sort of right. The Emperor’s New Groove is one of a kind. It could only be made at that specific time, and it BARELY got […] The post The Emperor’s New Groove Finally Gets A 4K Physical Release appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.

It was never supposed to happen. Disney had a plan, a rigid formula they were going to stick to forever. A heroic figure, a beautiful princess, a comedic sidekick, a theatrical scene-hogging villain, and a furry thing to sell plushies, served up with lots of songs. Kingdom Of The Sun was supposed to continue this tradition. Then, somewhere along the way, it got GROOVED. Sensing the film wasn’t working, the Disney execs were threatening to kill the project in 1998 unless someone could turn it around. Having nothing to lose, Mark Dindal became the new director and took it in an insane direction, abandoning anything familiar in favor of an all-out cartoon comedy. Well, it was different, but it wasn’t boring, so Disney let the new version see completion — but it would be shoved into a December 2000 premiere so they could bury it. “We’ll probably never make a movie like this again,” Michael Eisner himself is said to have stated as he rose from his chair during the final studio pre-screening. Eisner was sort of right. The Emperor’s New Groove is one of a kind. It could only be made at that specific time, and it BARELY got […] The post The Emperor’s New Groove Finally Gets A 4K Physical Release appeared first on PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics.