Into the Grizzly Maze

[Brian in Mesa]

Into the Grizzly Maze

Release Date: June 26, 2015 (limited)
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Director: David Hackl
MPAA Rating: N/A
Screenwriters: J.R. Reher, Guy Moshe
Genre: Thriller, Action, Horror

Starring: Thomas Jane, James Marsden, Billy Bob Thornton, Scott Glenn, Piper Perabo

Plot Summary: Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.

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[BillsCarnage]

Sounds like a pseudo remake of Grizzly, but then so does any grizzly bear movie...

Grizzly terrified me as a kid, but now it's kinda cheesy.

 

[Russ Smith]

I actually saw it on demand. not horrible but not great either, I have no idea how they got Marsden and company in the movie though.

 

[Bert]

I actually saw it on demand. not horrible but not great either, I have no idea how they got Marsden and company in the movie though.

I almost rented this on-demand last night. Then I saw it was 7.99 and I didn't, but I looked at the cast and thought the same thing. Actually what I thought was his had to be slated to be like a wide release and maybe the studio thought it sucked so it went straight to video?

I'm glad you reminded me because I wanted to ask Cheese or someone who knows how Hollywood works how that all works. I mean, they couldn't have assembled this cast for a straight to video movie right? I know these aren't HUGE stars, but they are pretty decent, what would you guys say, B listers?

Billy Bob
Mardsen
Piper Perabo
Thomas Jane

My question is just, do studios ever finance movies like this, do photography and then view a rough cut and then just pull the plug and send it straight to video? Just curious. Or was this most likely made for VOD?

I might rent it now just to see it.

 

[PDXChris]

I actually saw it on demand. not horrible but not great either, I have no idea how they got Marsden and company in the movie though.

Because 2006 was a long time ago.

 

[Chaplin]

I almost rented this on-demand last night. Then I saw it was 7.99 and I didn't, but I looked at the cast and thought the same thing. Actually what I thought was his had to be slated to be like a wide release and maybe the studio thought it sucked so it went straight to video?

I'm glad you reminded me because I wanted to ask Cheese or someone who knows how Hollywood works how that all works. I mean, they couldn't have assembled this cast for a straight to video movie right? I know these aren't HUGE stars, but they are pretty decent, what would you guys say, B listers?

Billy Bob
Mardsen
Piper Perabo
Thomas Jane

My question is just, do studios ever finance movies like this, do photography and then view a rough cut and then just pull the plug and send it straight to video? Just curious. Or was this most likely made for VOD?

I might rent it now just to see it.

None of those people could carry a theatrical film.

 

[Bert]

None of those people could carry a theatrical film.

Yeah I was pretty clear they were all B listers at best.

 

[Chaplin]

Yeah I was pretty clear they were all B listers at best.

You answered your own question. With that cast they couldn't get theatrical distribution, but that cast is a slam dunk for direct-to-video.

 

[Bert]

You answered your own question. With that cast they couldn't get theatrical distribution, but that cast is a slam dunk for direct-to-video.

Your face answered it's own question!

I just wondered if the plug gets pulled sometimes and stuff that might have been intended for theaters winds up going straight to video.

 

[Chaplin]

Your face answered it's own question!

I just wondered if the plug gets pulled sometimes and stuff that might have been intended for theaters winds up going straight to video.

The answer to that is, "Sure, all the time." This might very well be one of those times. Every filmmaker wants theatrical distribution, but only a small percentage get it. There are several Samuel L Jackson and Bruce Willis movies over the past several years that never made it to theaters. Hell, Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme make all their money that way.

Theatrical is expensive--if the powers that be at distributors don't think it will draw, then they won't put it out there.

 

[Bert]

The answer to that is, "Sure, all the time." This might very well be one of those times. Every filmmaker wants theatrical distribution, but only a small percentage get it. There are several Samuel L Jackson and Bruce Willis movies over the past several years that never made it to theaters. Hell, Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme make all their money that way.

Theatrical is expensive--if the powers that be at distributors don't think it will draw, then they won't put it out there.

Interesting. Thanks for the replys. The inner workings of the Hollywood machine are kind of fascinating.