Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
03-21-14, 07:39 PM
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Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
A crowd sourced version of the old TV Show... they want fan input for story, songs, costumes, casting, etc. Using your favorite social media platform... tag it with #jemthemovie. Pics, video, tweets, posts, etc.
Do we really need this?
Do we really need this?
Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
Marc Graser, Senior Editor
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Jon M. Chu will direct Hasbro’s live action “Jem and the Holograms” movie, based on cult 1980s animated series.
Blumhouse Prods’ Jason Blum will produce the film with Hasbro, Chu and Scooter Braun, the music talent manager who reps Justin Bieber and runs Raymond-Braun Media Group with Usher.
The trio announced their involvement in the project on Thursday via an online video on Tumblr. In the video and site, the producers ask fans for help in the creative process
Chu most recently directed “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” but has created a nice niche for himself for directing dance pics like the “Step Up” series and Bieber’s “Never Say Never.”
Ryan Landels penned the script for the “Jem and the Holograms” film, which will begin production this spring.
Project will reimagine Jem for a hyperlinked social media age, the producers say, and revolve around an orphaned teenage girl who becomes an online recording sensation, she and her sisters embark on a music-driven scavenger hunt –- one that sends them on an adventure across Los Angeles in an attempt to unlock a final message left by her father.
Episodes of the series have been airing on kids channel The Hub.
Marc Graser, Senior Editor
Link to article and video
Jon M. Chu will direct Hasbro’s live action “Jem and the Holograms” movie, based on cult 1980s animated series.
Blumhouse Prods’ Jason Blum will produce the film with Hasbro, Chu and Scooter Braun, the music talent manager who reps Justin Bieber and runs Raymond-Braun Media Group with Usher.
The trio announced their involvement in the project on Thursday via an online video on Tumblr. In the video and site, the producers ask fans for help in the creative process
Chu most recently directed “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” but has created a nice niche for himself for directing dance pics like the “Step Up” series and Bieber’s “Never Say Never.”
Ryan Landels penned the script for the “Jem and the Holograms” film, which will begin production this spring.
Project will reimagine Jem for a hyperlinked social media age, the producers say, and revolve around an orphaned teenage girl who becomes an online recording sensation, she and her sisters embark on a music-driven scavenger hunt –- one that sends them on an adventure across Los Angeles in an attempt to unlock a final message left by her father.
Episodes of the series have been airing on kids channel The Hub.
03-21-14, 10:20 PM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
I loved that show as a kid. If done right, I would totally watch a live action movie version.
EDIT: Read the plot summary. Fuck this shit!
EDIT: Read the plot summary. Fuck this shit!
03-21-14, 11:37 PM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
Wasn't Jem pretty much just Hannah Montana years before Hannah Montana?
I wouldn't be surprised if Miley was on the director's short list but considering how hard she's tried to distance herself that character I can't see her agreeing to being in a Jem movie. I can see some dime-a-dozen blonde from a CW show being cast though.
I wouldn't be surprised if Miley was on the director's short list but considering how hard she's tried to distance herself that character I can't see her agreeing to being in a Jem movie. I can see some dime-a-dozen blonde from a CW show being cast though.
03-22-14, 05:02 AM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
I wonder if my daughter's fangirling all over this. She used to watch this show as a kid. When she stayed with me, I used to let her watch every crappy cartoon she wanted, just as long as she watched classic cartoons and old movies with me from time to time. Her mother used to let her watch cartoons also. At a Christmas gathering one year recently, my daughter, who's now 31, made a point of thanking me and her mother for not restricting the amount of TV she watched. She tutors and babysits for a living and keeps encountering yuppie kids who don't know various cultural touchstones and she thinks it's because their parents restrict their TV watching.
03-22-14, 12:49 PM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
I wonder if my daughter's fangirling all over this. She used to watch this show as a kid. When she stayed with me, I used to let her watch every crappy cartoon she wanted, just as long as she watched classic cartoons and old movies with me from time to time. Her mother used to let her watch cartoons also. At a Christmas gathering one year recently, my daughter, who's now 31, made a point of thanking me and her mother for not restricting the amount of TV she watched. She tutors and babysits for a living and keeps encountering yuppie kids who don't know various cultural touchstones and she thinks it's because their parents restrict their TV watching.
But nowhere near as good.
03-22-14, 03:22 PM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
He's always posting about really old movies and his love of them. I knew he was probably up there in age. But it's cool to see his perspective since the demographic around here is people in their 30's.
03-22-14, 03:26 PM
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How old are you, Ash? By the you explain shit I'd swear you there at the beginning of film.
03-22-14, 04:33 PM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
We have the same tastes so I assumed we were contemporary.
02-26-15, 10:27 AM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
I hope they took lessons on how to play their interments. I hate when actors try to fake play guitars.
02-26-15, 10:29 AM
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02-26-15, 10:56 AM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
Well, if it's half as good as G.I. Joe: Retaliation... Yeah, this movie is fucked.
02-26-15, 11:22 AM
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02-26-15, 11:42 AM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
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02-26-15, 11:54 AM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
Those clips are taken from Sonata Arctica's For the Sake of Revenge. The CD includes a DVD of the concert.
03-11-15, 03:27 PM
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Re: Jon Chu to Direct Hasbro’s Live Action ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Movie
Teaser poster.
