Dolittle (2020)

Dolittle (also referred to as The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle) is a 2020 American fantasy comedy adventure film directed by Stephen Gaghan from a screenplay by Gaghan, Dan Gregor, and Doug Mand, based on a story by Thomas Shepherd. A reboot of the original Doctor Dolittle film and its modern comedy counterparts, the film is based on the titular character created by Hugh Lofting, and primarily inspired by The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, the author's second Doctor Dolittle book. Robert Downey Jr. stars as the title character, alongside Antonio Banderas and Michael Sheen in live action roles, and a voice cast including Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Craig Robinson, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez, and Marion Cotillard.

The project was announced in March 2017 with Downey set to star, and the rest of the cast joined over the following year. Filming began in March 2018 and lasted through June, taking place around the United Kingdom. The film underwent three weeks of reshoots in the spring of 2019, under the supervision of Jonathan Liebesman and Chris McKay, after initial test screenings yielded poor results.

Dolittle was theatrically released in the United States on January 17, 2020, by Universal Pictures. It received generally negative reviews from critics for its screenplay, plot and humor (including immature toilet humor). Having grossed $227 million worldwide, it is the third highest-grossing film of 2020, although it was a box office bomb, with projected losses for the studio as high as $100 million.

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Dolittle (2020)

I am actually flabbergasted...

Why?

The original movie, Doctor Dolittle (1967) did NOTHING at the box office...

Dr. Dolittle (1998) did okay, with Eddie Murphy.

What possess Robert Downey Jr to think that pumping his own money to make this movie, with him as the starer and the movie would make a mint?

Worst off, the whole movie, if you look at the movie poster, that is all Robert Downey Jr. did... Bored out of his mind...

Okay, I get he is trying to get the next generation opportunities

Namely, Harry Collett as Tommy Stubbins.

Okay, so he and Tom Holland hit is off in Spiderman.

I get it, it is good to have new blood to bounce things off...

It is a shame, the movie actually looks gorgeous (Robert Downey Jr. money at work) and have to add, everything else is just so .... meh...

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Apr 4 2020, 10:31 PM

I like the eddie murphy one more. Will watch on tv but won't pay to see in cinema