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Ultimately, Clarisse Loughrey wrote at The Independent, the movie is "yet another damning case study of the fragility of the artist's voice in the modern studio machine." How can you pass up the opportunity for a little wink at the audience? We all really loved the idea too, and it’s also fun to acknowledge the Jim Carrey of it all in that scene Yeah, she’s now been in two of George Miller’s projects [2022’s Three Thousand Years of Longing being the other], and she clearly has something that George saw. So we inherited his great casting on those films, and we could not have asked for a more incredible actress to come along and personify such an important part of the story. She was tasked with the same thing that all the other cast members were tasked with, which is performing with a character that isn’t really there. It really takes skill and imagination to create a believable performance before there’s really anything there to share the scene with you. So I was really impressed by her level of talent at such a young age.
At the time of publication, "Mufasa" has a critics score of 60%, with some calling it a "contrived cash-in" and "blankly corporate" film. Like its predecessors, Sonic 3’s closing credits tease more fan-favorite character introductions in a potential fourth film that Paramount has in the works. But, at this moment in time, Fowler is solely focused on the release and reception of Sonic 3. I never bought that for a second. Jim has too much fun playing this character. If we dangled a really great new idea for him to play with and explore as Robotnik, then I felt that he would be interested in coming back. He’s such an incredible talent, and all it really takes is the opportunity to explore new territory, such as giving Robotnik a grandfather and telling a family story from the Robotnik side of things. The first two films have very much focused on giving Sonic family and friends, and Jim certainly did all kinds of interesting things with the character in both of those films. But Sonic 3 was a new opportunity to show what Ivo’s life would be like if suddenly he had a family.
But despite its shortcomings, "Mufasa" is likely to perform well at the box office this holiday season. Variety and Deadline reported that the movie is tracking for a global opening of $180 million. Only time will tell if it'll catch up to the success of Favreau's "Lion King" remake, which made $1.6 billion globally despite middling reviews (it holds a 51% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes).Mufasa' opens with a brief, but effective tribute to the icon. As a result, his presence lingers over the whole project." — With 30-plus years of characters in the Sonic library, it’s always so exciting to tease new characters at the end of each film,” Fowler shares. “Bringing in new characters can really push us in new directions, and it is very exciting. But, right now, we’re just focused on the release of this third movie, and we’re hoping it will be received well. We’ll see where things go from there.
"That it opens by paying tribute to the late, great James Earl Jones, known to several generations as the booming voice of Mufasa, rather than simply closing with a dedication, is an early sign that reverence for what came before will be the name of the game." — We just shared all of our plans, our artworks and a lot of storyboards. We had already planned a lot of the film, and when it came time to make the pitch, having some really great-looking visuals is always a good place to start. So he really saw the potential in the character. Shadow is cool. He rides a motorcycle [like Reeves does]. He’s got all these great powers But more importantly, he actually has some real depth. He’s got this really interesting backstory that fans love, and there’s some real dimension and complexity to the character that made Keanu such a great fit.