there's a article int he latest Houston Business Journal about this guy/film...too bad it sounds like it sucks.
I think I might know that guy! There was a Marc Adler at my high school, who was a couple of grades ahead of me. Delgo's Marc Adler is from Houston and a couple of years older than me. If it is the same guy, I will revel in his failure. He was a bully.
This 'movie' looks like something that could have been made in-game in WoW... It looks like a bunch of lame cut-scenes from some weak XBox game. These people out there wanting to 'live their dream', or the 3rd-world hacks who come up with crapfests like Doogal and Hoodwinked need to take a long hard look at what Pixar and Dreamworks have done, and realize that the bar is a heck of a lot higher than they thought it was.
Read about this on yahoo this morning. I never remember seeing a trailer for it period and I'm at the movies pretty much ever weekend.
Its pretty hard to make an animated film marketed for kids that is a huge flop. Even if they don't do well in theaters, there is almost always an after theater home movie market. The fact that it was released in 2,000+ theaters but nobody had actually heard of it is the reason in failed so miserably. If there had been TV ads, it could have possibly made some money just for the fact that animated movies attract a decent family crowd, whether its a good movie or not.
Might end up making some money just from all the curious folk who want to see it now. Its getting publicity now.
I saw a preview a while back but haven't seen a trailer since...I'm assuming they ran it on the kids channels...
the reason why we don't know about this film is because the guy decided to distribute it himself. he had no budget for marketing according to the article, and most likely they realized this film was a flop halfway through editing and they decided to spend their money elsewhere... one review said it was too grim for kids and to dumb for adults, "nothing works here". from the trailer alone it looks like an absolute trainwreck... how about these #'s, lol
I saw an ad for this the other day on TV. I didn't pay much attention to it and didn't realize it was the same movie until I saw the article. It really seems like this guy had a terrible strategy to try for a wide release. Even if it was craptacular I'm sure he could've marketed it in the direct to DVD market, limited release or even to cartoon network or Nickelodeon.
Genius marketing if the guy didn't pour $40 million into the project. I bet you could make a lot of money by... -creating a cheap piece of garbage that is "good enough" to be shown on 2000 screens... -don't advertise whatsoever (save some moolah and shatter the Delgo record)... -for the trailer you do have, make sure it isn't funny or interesting in any way, but still make it seem like you think it is epic... -make sure it is crappy enough that the critics mock it to no end... -come across as a nice guy who was just chasing his dream... and VOILA... -People start talking about your movie and newspapers run columns discussing your piece o fart... -People want to see it just to see how bad it was... -You make some sweet cashola and laugh all the way to the bank... Too bad he forgot about the "don't invest $40 million" step.
I looked Marc Adler up on Facebook, and I don't think it's the same guy I knew. I did find a Marc F. Adler there, however, and he has no friends.
i saw college but not in the theaters, but wow never even heard of this movie and that is just sad really a estimated average of 2 people per screening nationwide? i have seen some terrible movies how bad could this one be? i wonder if someone tried to come into the theater to bootleg this if anyone would even care.
i want to feel badly for this guy, but all i'm feeling is an insatiable desire to ridicule and mock him. i mean, wtf was this dolt thinking? he got what he deserved
http://www.digitalmediafx.com/Interviews/marc-adler.html This guy ? He said DELGO-Worst box office flop in history!
Marc Adler is from Houston. His family owns Texas Art Supply and probably a lot of other stuff. Pretty sad story, I'm sure he learned a lot...
I'm also curious how he raised the $40 mil? Who were the investors who got behind this? and how can I get them to invest in my next venture?
