7/3/2023 0 Comments Zathura a space adventure![]() The film received mostly positive reviews from critics as of January 2018 it has a 75% "Certified Fresh" approval rating on review-aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. It was one of the last major films to be released on VHS. The studio marketed the release of the film in an attempt to generate word of mouth with tie-ins, including an episode of The Apprentice. The soundtrack to the film is an original score by John Debney and is available on CD. Both he and author Chris Van Allsburg-who also wrote the book of the same name upon which "Jumanji" is based-stated "Zathura" is very different from "Jumanji". ![]() ![]() According to Pete Travers, Visual Effects Supervisor on the film for Sony Pictures Imageworks, retaining the stylized "1950s sci-fi look" from Van Allsburg's book "was a very important aspect of the effects".įavreau discouraged the notion that the film is a sequel to the earlier "Jumanji", having not particularly liked that film. CGI was also used to augment the Zorgon suits (which were constructed so that the head came out of the front of the suit where the actor's chest was and the actor wore a blue screen hood over his own head), and to create an entirely computer-generated Zorgon for one scene. in some shots the Zorgon ships were computer-generated, and in many of the scenes, digital effects were used to create, for example, meteors and planets, and limbs for the robot suit built by Stan Winston Studios. Miniature models were used to create the spaceships Favreau enjoyed using techniques used in many earlier films, such as the original Star Wars trilogy. ![]() When there was a fire on set, there was really fire," and that "The only green screen I was ever involved with was for getting sucked out into the black hole." Actor Kristen Stewart enjoyed the on-set effects, saying, "When we harpooned walls and ripped them out, we were really doing it. Dax Shepard, who plays the astronaut, said he would not have been interested in doing the film if the effects had been CGI-based. It gives the actors, especially young actors, so much to work off of". He said, "it's so fun to actually shoot real spaceships or have a real robot running around on the set, or real Zorgons built by Stan Winston. Dax Shepard as Adult Walter / The Astronautĭirector Jon Favreau preferred to use practical effects instead of Computer-generated imagery (CGI) in the film.Despite positive reviews from critics, the film was a box office flop. The film was shot in Los Angeles and Culver City, California, and was released on Novemby Columbia Pictures. (In the book, the brothers' surname was Budwing.) The game teleports Walter, Danny, and their older sister Lisa (Stewart) into outer space where they encounter an astronaut (Shepard), who mentors the siblings on survival and finishing the game so they can return home. The story revolves around brothers Walter and Danny Browning (portrayed by Hutcherson and Bobo respectively), who play a mysterious board game they find in the basement of their house. The film was marketed as a spiritual successor to the 1995 "Jumanji" film with variations of the tagline, "A new adventure from the world of "Jumanji". Unlike the book, the film contains no "Jumanji" material and mentions no "Jumanji" events. ![]() "Zathura: A Space Adventure", also known as "Zathura: Adventure Is Waiting" or simply "Zathura", is a 2005 American science fiction adventure film directed by Jon Favreau and loosely based on the illustrated book "Zathura" by Chris Van Allsburg, author of "Jumanji". ![]()
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