Writer Terry Rossio, who is on board to help with the screenplay of G-Force, has been spotted on Wordplay Forums discussing the upcoming film, its downfalls and the mistakes made by the production team.
G- Force, from director Hoyt Yeatman, is due to hit our screens this summer and will tell the story of a group of specially trained agents who have to work on behalf of the US government to prevent a billionaire from taking over the world but, this is not your average FBI action film by a long shot…the agents are all guinea pigs.
Rossio said: "I love the concept behind G-Force. A spy thriller that features Guinea Pigs as the heroes? I’m there. We helped out on the film, writing and rewriting scenes, coming up with ideas, viewing edits, etc."
He added: "Unfortunately, the production team proceeded down the wrong path. The project needed to be taken as seriously as an instalment of the Bourne series or James Bond or Mission Impossible, that kind of tone. Do a real spy story with a real plot, and just substitute guinea pigs.
"Instead they filled it with those stupid ‘call outs’ (like ‘pimp my ride’) that nobody really likes and tags a movie as bad. Despite our warnings and objections, they held a gag session (always a bad sign) and they decided to market it as one big goof, which marginalizes it as a kid’s movie.
"Too bad. If they had done it right, and just taken the idea seriously, it could have been a general audience hit, even a date movie. Instead, now it’s a kid’s film, a creative misstep that’ll probably cost them over $100 million in revenue over the years."
Rossio concluded: "Maybe if there’s a sequel they can get it right ..."
G-Force will star Nicholas Cage, Bill Nighy, Penelope Cruz and Steve Buscemi amongst others in the small, furry adventure. The project is currently in post-production and is set for release in UK cinemas at the end of July.
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