Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

[Ben]

No. It may pick up some sub-Kung Fu Panda business, but the mere fact that it’s being given away "free" on TV — at least here and who knows where else — speaks volumes to no-one having any misconceptions that this is the start of the next Panda-type franchise…

[Daniel]

Character posters:



Has as a strong cast at least. Could be good for a few laughs.

[EricJ]

New ads showing up in the usual online-ads places, and, yep:
Dig out the cast interviews, it's Explanation Alert. The new official red flag of a movie nobody wanted.

[EricJ]

(And I know Mel Brooks is 90, but seeing him in every B-tier animation-voice gig hurts my Young Frankenstein-era 70's soul... )

[Ben]

Just be glad it’s not more closely associated with that era and kept the Blazing Samurai title…

[GeffreyDrogon]

Well, the review embargo shows that I think this will be a stinker.

[Ben]

Like we needed to wait for reviews…

[GeffreyDrogon]

That has happened with other animated films that turned out to be terrible, like Arctic Dogs.

[GeffreyDrogon]

It's strange how this isn't supposed to be a reimagining of Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles, but so many journalists think it is.

[Ben]

That’s because, as you know, it started as that…

[GeffreyDrogon]

Well, Paws of Fury got an A- CinemaScore rating. Is it going to leg out, or play like Lightyear?

[Dacey]

That’s because, as you know, it started as that…

Actually, from what I've been reading, the film ends up being a straight-up remake! Like almost (but not quite) scene for scene. With a dog in a town full of prejudiced cats instead of a black cowboy in a town full of racist white people.

This makes me...oddly curious. That and the trailers do have a few good chuckles.

[Daniel]

It kept the campfire "beans" scene.

[Ben]

As long as they kept in the "up yours, doggy" line…

[gaastra]

Well, paws of fury looks like didn't just get tripped by minions at the box office they beat them up backstage and walked across their knocked out bodies as paws made a awful $7m while minions made second again with another $26m.

And with superpets predicting to make $30m opening weekend coming up looks like the end of the road for paws.

Kind of surprised this one didn't do better at the box office.

https://deadline.com/2022/07/box-office ... 235064783/