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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget - $27 million. Box office - $1.3 million. Legal disputes crippled the marketing and release of the film resulting in its woeful box office.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget - Budget, $27 million. Box office - office, $1.3 million. Legal disputes crippled the marketing and release of the film resulting in its woeful box office.return.
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* StillbornFranchise: Despite being based on an extremely successful book series, the film’s failure at the box office put any chance of continuing the series on ice and Yelchin’s subsequent tragically young death closed the door on any more films for good.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: The film was released in some theaters overseas, where it only made little over 100,000 dollars.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: The Budget - $27 million. Box office - $1.3 million. Legal disputes crippled the marketing and release of the film was released resulting in some theaters overseas, where it only made little over 100,000 dollars.its woeful box office.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was finished in late 2011 (after financing issues briefly halted filming in mid 2011) but had difficulty in finding a distributor. When it finally did find one, the film got tied up in legal lawsuits as a result of the marketing department not promoting the film like they were supposed to, it eventually got a DVD release in 2014.

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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was finished in late 2011 (after financing issues briefly halted filming in mid 2011) but had difficulty in finding a distributor. When it finally did find one, the film got tied up in legal lawsuits as a result of the marketing department not promoting the film like they were supposed to, it eventually got a DVD release in 2014.2014.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The cast was supposed to contain even more big names in it, but ultimately scheluding issues prevented that from happening. Among others, Creator/TimRobbins almost got a part.
** The lawsuit mentioned above stipulated that a ''significant'' money was to be spend on marketing of the movie, along with wide release, by the marketing company. Since that was instantly put under appeal, to not end up with a movie perpetually stuck on the shelf, it was relegated to DirectToVideo.
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* AllStarCast: For a relatively low-budget movie released with little fanfare, there are some well-known names involved: Creator/AntonYelchin (Odd), Creator/WillemDafoe (Chief Porter), and Creator/PattonOswalt (Ozzy Boone).

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* AllStarCast: For a relatively low-budget movie released with little fanfare, there are some well-known names involved: Creator/AntonYelchin (Odd), Creator/WillemDafoe (Chief Porter), and Creator/PattonOswalt (Ozzy Boone).Boone).
* BoxOfficeBomb: The film was released in some theaters overseas, where it only made little over 100,000 dollars.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was finished in late 2011 (after financing issues briefly halted filming in mid 2011) but had difficulty in finding a distributor. When it finally did find one, the film got tied up in legal lawsuits as a result of the marketing department not promoting the film like they were supposed to, it eventually got a DVD release in 2014.
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* AllStarCast: For a relatively low-budget movie released with little fanfare, there are some well-known names involved: AntonYelchin (Odd), WillemDafoe (Chief Porter), and Creator/PattonOswalt (Ozzy Boone).

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* AllStarCast: For a relatively low-budget movie released with little fanfare, there are some well-known names involved: AntonYelchin Creator/AntonYelchin (Odd), WillemDafoe Creator/WillemDafoe (Chief Porter), and Creator/PattonOswalt (Ozzy Boone).

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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatGuy: Of course, [[Film/StarTrek Pavel Chekov]] plays Odd.
** [[Film/SpiderMan Norman Osborn/Green Goblin]] plays DaChief.
** [[Series/TheFollowing Jacob Wells]] plays Officer Simon Varner.
** [[Film/VanHelsing Frankenstein's Monster]] plays Fungus Bob Robertson.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Of course, [[Film/StarTrek Pavel Chekov]] plays Odd.
** [[Film/SpiderMan Norman Osborn/Green Goblin]] plays DaChief.
** [[Series/TheFollowing Jacob Wells]] plays Officer Simon Varner.
** [[Film/VanHelsing Frankenstein's Monster]] plays Fungus Bob Robertson.
AllStarCast: For a relatively low-budget movie released with little fanfare, there are some well-known names involved: AntonYelchin (Odd), WillemDafoe (Chief Porter), and Creator/PattonOswalt (Ozzy Boone).
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!!!The 2013 Film
* HeyItsThatGuy: Of course, [[Film/StarTrek Pavel Chekov]] plays Odd.
** [[Film/SpiderMan Norman Osborn/Green Goblin]] plays DaChief.
** [[Series/TheFollowing Jacob Wells]] plays Officer Simon Varner.
** [[Film/VanHelsing Frankenstein's Monster]] plays Fungus Bob Robertson.

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