Pan (October 9)

Another flop, Pan didn’t even get its budget back after its entire run. Marketed as a prequel for Peter Pan and as an origin story for Hook, the movie lacked the magic supposed to attract the audiences. And it wasn’t because of the lack of talent in front and behind the camera.

Apparently, the studios still believe that they can make big bucks just by overusing CGI in well-known stories (it worked for Alice in Wonderland, didn’t it?).

And another problem (which appears with quite a few productions) is trying to humanize the villain – why did Hook need an origin story? Do we want to emphasize with one of the most well-known baddies of all time?

Sadly, this isn’t the last time when a big studio tries to put a new twist on an old tale. Will see what happens next, with Emma Watson’s Beauty and the Beast.