Jane Hoop Elementary: Morphin the Power (film)

Jane Hoop Elementary: Morphin the Power is a 2007 superhero adventure film, released on the novel by Rita Christensen. The film, which is the fifth installment in the Jane Hoop Elementary film franchise, is directed by James Calvin, written by Brian Clark and produced by Derek Todd and Drake Jones, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. The story follows five young heroes in their fifth year as superheroes met Goldenman's evil brother-in-law Evan, who joined Catwoman's side to take over the world, and has destroyed their superpowers and now are on a journey to the mysterious island Morphin the Power to get them restored. The film stars Blake Brown as Danny Gorden, and Ben Linkin and Amy Tammie as Alec Gutzwiller and Rebecca Henry, his best friends and teammates. It is a sequel to Jane Hoop Elementary: The Magic Ball and was followed by Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland.

Principal Photography for the movie has began between May 2006 to November 2006 in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Jane Hoop Elementary Base, Catwoman's Base and the fantasy world. The film's production budget was reported to $200 million, making it the franchise's most expensive film ever

Morphin the Power has gained critical population and a commercial success earning $330 million during it's first worldwide five day opening,[3] the sixth biggest worldwide opening of all-time. With a total to $945 million worldwide, it stands as the 26th highest grossing film of all time, and was 2007's second most successful film ever after Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Plot

 * See also: Jane Hoop Elementary: Morphin the Power

The Green Egg fell to earth and was taken to the museum. Dr. Catwoman, Shego and Monkeyman investigated the egg, releasing the creature inside, Evan, remembering his brother-in-law Goldenman, after 1600 years of their fight, and Catwoman orders Evan to destroy him joining her side. Meanwhile, now teenage heroes, Danny Gorden, 13, Rebecca Henry, 13, Alec Gutzwiller, 13, Cory Berning, 13, and Jaquille Short, 14, were called to the emergency to search for Evan, when Danny thinking that Evan is his second godfather, which he's not, because he don't have the same power. They head to the Museum and spot the egg is hatched. Meanwhile, Alice took the three of them back time and discover Catwoman a bully to Miss. Watson in high school. Meanwhile, the heroes were off sending them to fight with Evan and he created their clones from behind their back. When leaving them fighting with their clones, he along with Catwoman and friends entered the Jane Hoop Elementary Base destroying it and Evan stabbed Goldenman in the chest making the heroes to lose their powers. Therefore, there is a way to save everything when heading to the Forest of Morphin the Power. It have with The Mighty Power until he order them that the forest is too dangerous. Robert Foster, Danny's older brother, decides to help the team when he arrived.

After taking away, they went to the forest to find their new powers, save Goldenman and rebuld the base with The Crystal Power, the power which will bring good back to live, for the person who would never die for. Meanwhile, Evan is planning to start to kill all of the children's parents when putting a drinking potion to turn them into zombies comparing a drink as Evan's Drink. Alice's father Don Kingston drink Evan's potion of Evan's Drink, and tricked him of being thirsty and became possessed along with other parents and adults. As Danny, Rebecca, Alec, Cory and Jaquille got to Morphin the Power, they are assisted by Dacia, upon the kids new classic powers based on the five new powers within "The Crystal Power", Dacia directs them on their own stating that only chosen ones are ofter to journey among to themselves without any assistances. When the statues are finally destroyed, the Power Light is bestowed upon them and they become the Jane Hoop heroes once more. They reached to Power Light and got their powers restored returned to Cincinnati with The Crystal Power.

Back in Cincinnati, Alice spots that all of the parents are being possessed by Evan after tricking them on selling Evan's energy drink. warns the children of Cincinnati to realize that Evan plans on killing all of their parents. As Alice, Jack, McKenzie and the children leads them to the construction site where Evan directed the adults to fall into the ocean and drown, till they were back to normal by the water holes. Meanwhile, when Danny and the gang returned to the Base, they were being captured by Catwoman and the gang. As Catwoman orders Danny to give her the Crystal Power otherwise she will let her kill his friends, he gave it to him and puts them behind bars. Danny, Rebecca, Alec, Cory and Jaquille still have a chance not to give up and they still have their powers to fight. The team escapes and head outside for a final battle against Evan and the Clones.

Danny and the gang battled with Evan and the Clones over the Crystal Power until they grow into a giant size robot transporting inside Evan's body when Jane Hoop Elementary defeated them with the meteor. The Dangerous Comets had already entered to earth and is just minutes on destroying earth. Danny would say they were too late but he still would save the world. So he used the Crystal Power to stop it from falling as it disappeared. Before Catwoman can attack Danny, she escapes from being captured by the police. As the gang reached back to the Base, they heard that they are too late that Goldenman has died. However the gang used their powers to bring back Goldman and rebuild the Base for a happy ending where Danny and Rebecca shared their first kiss.

As Danny hides a early special ring for gift for Rebecca's upcoming birthday, Goldenman and Danny talks that they would defend themselves that they were almost being killed with Goldenman again tells the idea of Evan coming after him. He states that some of the people he trusted can sometimes would never be forgiven after doing mean things to that person who was expected to be loved and forgetten. Meanwhile, Danny tells to his friends that Catwoman won't take care of happyness and true heart of what something is abandoned, as they all decided to take a break from protecting the world. As for Danny, thinking that Catwoman is really gone and never coming back, he decides that he is going to retire realizing that she actually quit taking over the world.

Cast

 * See also: List of Jane Hoop Elementary cast members

Casting of Morphin the Power begins on May 2005 before The Magic Ball was released in 7 months, the Staff Students, was cut from the film in one draft of the script. However the casts as regular characters has reprises as the same characters from preceding film. Natasha Richardson, George Jones, Arthur Walters, Barbara Timer, Barbara Dee and Stephen Johnson reprises their roles by May 2005 as Mayor James Watson, Miss. Bella Watson, Shego Dalma and Shadow the Monkeyman. Nick Richards, Jessica Alder and Elliot Martinson, reprises their roles as the SWAT Teammates: David Johnson, Maria Dawns and Michael Walker.[3]
 * Blake Brown as Danny Gorden, a leader of Jane Hoop Elementary.
 * Ben Linkin as Alec Gutzwiller, Danny's best friend.
 * Amy Tammie as Rebecca Henry, Danny's friend and love interest.
 * Brandon Simpson as Cory Berning, Danny's friend.[3]
 * Bloom Dee as Jaquille Short, Danny's friend.[3]
 * Barbara Blue as Naudia Gorden, Danny's cousin and Alec's girlfriend.
 * Brooke Timer as Dr. Catwoman, the main villain.
 * Arthur Walters as Goldenman: Danny's godfather.

The new characters has been announced Jason Foster, Lisa Black, Flex Alexander, Jami Gertz, Tim Allen and Flex Alexander as Robert Foster, Alice Kingston, David Kingston, Dacia and Evan.[3] Lisa Black beat over 15,000 other girls at the open casting when she won the role of Alice Kingston, waiting in a line of hopefuls a mile long. Black's character Alice is one of the Kids' 7 year old friend and a young girl who was a daughter of David. Her father was to be played by Flex Alexander in case. As he and she were part of the Kingston' Family. [3] Barbara Blue tries to play her role for Naudia Gorden as for Christensen's novel telling that she was not in this book as for she had to be withdraw from the film. Incase that Christensen starts to make a mistake until she'll returned to Turbo of Catland.[3] However, she made a small apperance in the film for a couple of scenes where Naudia calls Alec.[1] Tim Allen has plays as Evan, Goldenman's brother-in-law after a fight over 1600 years ago, when barley wishes to reprised for Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland, but he didn't, due to the character's death.

Amanda Bynes is originally going to place as teenage Catwoman for Morphin the Power film adaptation, but seems that she needs to be a little shorter to start growing, but too tall to portayed as the character, Christensen explains that Catwoman's height is around 5 ft. and 4 in. and 5 ft. and 5 in. Jennifer Watson has portayed the teenage character for the movie, finding a complete height around of 5 ft. 4 in. and 5 ft. 5 in.

Development
While filming The Magic Ball in summer 2004 and than releasing on November 11, 2005, the fifth installment was reportedly greenlight and confirmed to be released. It was reported just 9 months before The Magic Ball was released in theaters.[3] Paramount Pictures announces that the film will be released in the summer time besides the holidays, making it the first film to be a summer film.[3]

Rehearsals of Morphin the Power begins on April 15, 2006.[3] Before filming Barbara Timer begins training at the gym before reprising her role because she thinks that Catwoman has a toned body. Timer eventually lost 15 pounds for her role of Dr. Catwoman for a month.[3] The film has earned a budget out of $200 million,[3] a bigger budget than its predecessor The Magic Ball, which earned $150 million. It was by far the most expensive film in the franchise yet. After wrapping up pre-production since May 2005, filming began on May 4, 2006 and wrapped on November 1, 2006.[1]

Director James Calvin, who did the previous film, is hoping that he can return for the fifth film, and Paramount Pictures eventaully accepts him to return as well as producers Derek Todd and Brian Clark.

Effort
Jerry Peterson was the visual effects supervisor. Joe Richards was the special effects supervisor, and Josh Bloom was the creatures special effects supervisor. The film required over 1,400 visual effects shots, created more than 950 of them. Working for six months on previously starting in September 2005[3] be taking places in the dumpster, in space, City and The Park, and building the ruins of work starting creating as "The Second Power", when "The Third Power" was build a giant Tomb, for "The Crystal Power", both of them spending two weeks created the whole thing by April 2006.[3]

"The Jane Hoop Elementary Base", was created with a bad breakdown, the windows were shattered. A wires were created when the Jane Hoop Elementary Gang are falling from a time travel. And damaging shatters of all glasses from window of the Cincinnati, Ohio buildings. A final shot of the film is a midnight closing for Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, the police unlocks the door, letting filming shoot. As hatching the egg, pulls around the egg when opening, Allen is inside in a "Green Costume".

In October 2006, the Giant Robot was build as for it was originally going to be made of scratch. The scene where The clones transforms inside of Evan’s body and grow into a gigantic size, where actually been made out of scratch and buiding, but which is not they were actually going to made. It’ll take months to build up a giant monster. Instead of that, they’ll be start to make a design of a giant monster of the transformation of The Jane Hoop Elementary clones and Evan.

Designers
With the film set in 2007,[3] Jimmy Hart returned as set designer, having also designed the first four films' sets.[3] The Superhero Students is over 200 feet in length, making it the largest and most expensive set yet built for the Hoop history series as well when the gang fallen from time backwards, hanging on a blue screen.[3] Jones' design was inspired by early clothing of the uniform form different colors includes skirt of Rebecca's designs. Filmed of designs costumes "red", "blue", "yellow", "black" and "pink" for the characters of heroes as goes by Brown, Linkin, Simpson, Dee and Tammie. The karate suits were also created for them. Tim Allen forms wearing a "Green Slimy Mask" and his "Cape".[3]

The evil Clones for Jane Hoop kids, Danny, Rebecca, Alec, Cory and Jaquille were stars by same portrayers of children for Brown, Tammie, Linkin, Simpson and Dee, while form to play as "real" Danny, Rebecca, Alec, Cory and Jaquille to be covered in white makeup.

Filming
Filming takes over seven months and over hundred days later. All of these location of the film were shot. There were the new locations in the film is Morphin the Power, which was founded in two preceding films. Cincinnati, OH is the main location where the film was shot including Jane Hoop Elementary and Catwoman's Base.

The beginning of the film was shot inside of Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, when the museum was lightly closed, Catwoman, Shego and Monkeyman sneaks inside, within the police took the "Green Egg" to the museum.[3] A birthday scene was briefly shot at King's Island in Mason, Ohio.

Forest Morphin the Power was located at The Forest since located in Oakwood, Missouri on July 2006[3] to September 2006,[3] filming over 2 months.[3] The Cincinnati Harbor was shot the same.[3] It was announced filming was completed on January worldwide as the film was the same opening.[3]

Music
Danny Elfman, who composted Spider-Man, announces that he will be back to compose the songs for the fourth film of the popular Jane Hoop Elementary film series. This is Elfman's last time composing the Jane Hoop Elementary films. He is since replaced by Danny Newman for the following film. The soundtrack was released one day before the film's theatrical release in theaters on July 3, 2007.

Marketing
A teaser trailer was first released in December 13, 2006 on AOL and included in theaters attached from another Paramount film Charlotte's Web starring Dakota Fanning.[3] For action figures were aired at McDonald's for main pictures for Morphin the Power for drinking cups and main bags. The posters were posted on the computer and in stores for a cinema's film release on March 11.[3]

The film starts aired action figures at Wal-Mart as for large sides. Once of the actions to be prime to released soundtrack in July 3 and video game was released in June 29 on X-Box, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube and Wii. The action figures were showed from different main stores at Wal-Wart, Biggs and also having collections for Jane Hoop kids.

Theatrical release
As for worldwide released for United States following state on Friday in Summer and also for United Kingdom to be released next Friday in summer next week, but a week in Australia. However starts opening during version of IMAX of Spider-Man 3, Transformers and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix of 2007. The film opened worldwide on July 4, 2007. Domestically, it played in 4,231 theaters and 157 IMAX screens .[3] Like The Magic Ball, the film is originally set for PG-13 rating for domestic violences including some bloody scenes, but the bloody scenes has been cut from the film, and the film's rating has been changed to PG. The film's release date is originally set for November 9, 2007, which is the exact same date as the release of the second film, The Cyber Escape, but the film has pushed foward by four months early July 6, 2007. It had an earlier July 4, 2007 release.

The United States world premiere was held in New York City on June 24, 2007.[3] Since the Virginia Tech massacre has passed, Blake Brown, Ben Linkin, Amy Tammie, Rita Christensen and director James Calvin makes an emotion speech about the shooting. Brown states that at first he was not confortable about attending the premiere because of the shooting, but he eventually got overwith and is confortable about attending an event. In the United Kingdom, the film's world premiere is held on June 29, 2007.

Home media
A 1 disk and 2 disk edition film was released on DVD in December 12, 2007 (Australia), December 10, 2007 (United Kingdom) and December 24, 2007 (United States and Canada). The HD DVD and Blu-ray were contain additional features be the same, as well continues to release more Hoop film DVD release soon only in the United States and Australia at all time, but only releases in United Kingdom by one-disk, two-disk and Blue-ray. It reprsents a sneak peek for the following film, Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland.

The film brought both biggest units sold and sales revenues of the year with 9.1 million and $168,110,489, respectively. Although, it only became the third biggest sales revenues of the year with $254,050,409 to date behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Transformers. Also, it, however, has sold 15.11 million copies units marking it the second best-selling DVD of 2007 behind only Transformers.

On April 24, 2012, the Ultimate Edition for the film will be released alongside Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland.

Critical reception

 * Main article: Critical response to the Jane Hoop Elementary films

Morphin the Power gained postive reviews, with most calling it the best Hoop film yet. Rotten Tomatoes it 80% from 257 viewers (89% of Top Critics of 14 viewers) grading it a B+ from Yahoo! Movies. Metacritics ranked it 68% within 21 viewers reported it, the second lowest-rated Hoop film to date. The Times's Mark Johnson recalls Jennifer Grey auditioned for the part of Dacia, but was turned down because the producers thought she felt ill for the part.[3] Bloom Dee did all of his own stunts himself, including the morphed fight scenes.

Harry Sharp Davis, his stuntman was injured at the time, and he gratefully accepted their offer to replace him, whenever "is, Evan, Danny's godfather for the second family" Alec shocks "is there another creature who can be part of the family on Danny?! Weirdos!".[3] The jobs were reported; we haven't often to make the film longer, putting a romantic scene into this film, after the book, Naudia [... was in her vacation cook].[3]

By Originally Nick O'Neal's, New York Daily News remain The gangs' new outfits lacked visors as part of an original play by the producers to see the emotions of the Children heroes from the fantasy world near beside them, Mid-way through filming the Producers realized they had made a terrible mistake as the outfits were messed up too much and would be retrying to do a redo all over again.[3]

The news made out cast appearances of Lisa Dee, Jami Gertz, Jason Foster, Dean Cain, Tim Allen has became the new actors of the film. Some appearing of the fifth film, Dee, Gertz, Alexander and Foster. And which, it may return into the final film, as a cameo. On the designs, Blake and Amy begins kissing while filming in July and Linkin doesn't bother or telling them a secret to everyone. The local news are interested, made all of the cast to join the film, it is an completion.[3]

Box office
Jane Hoop Elementary: Morphin the Power became the third biggest worldwide opening to date behind Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush - Part 2 and Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland with a 5-day total of $329 million, which is also the ninth largest opening for a movie of all-time.[3] There were lot of tickets selling across countries, where, lot of countries are going to sell out, but there are only 11 countries still are selling. It grossed a record $9.5 million by midnight opening, until it was closely behind Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($11 million). The movie also had a massive international opening of $195 million, placing it as the biggest opening to date (now third behind The Final Rush - Part 2, $289 million, and Turbo of Catland, $222 million) third largest opening overseas of the year behind Spider-Man 3 ($230 million) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ($216 million), and 3rd of all-time. (now 12th as of 2012)

The film grossed an additional $31.6 million in post-midnight screenings, bringing its total to $41.1 million from 4,231 in its opening day, becoming the biggest Wednesday debut ever.[1] The previous record was held by Spider-Man 2 which made $40 million on its opening day in 2004. The record has since been broken to Order of the Phoenix ($44.2 million). It made £19.4 million in UK. It earned an Australia opening of $18.8 million, the largest 2007 opening in the country, for a total of $80.1 million. It's five-day total is approximately $134 million, which is the seventh largest 5-day gross in history.

Morphin the Power's domestic gross is $292.8 million, making it the fifth highest-grossing 2007 film in the United States behind Spider-Man 3 ($336.5 million), Shrek the Third ($322.7 million), Transformers ($319.2 million) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ($309.4 million).[3] With $652.2 million overseas,[3] brings a total to $945 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of the year behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ($963.4 million), and fourth highest-grossing Hoop film worldwide. Morphin the Power is currently the 26th highest-grossing film worldwide of all-time.[3][3][1]

Accolades
Before it was released, Morphin the Power won the 2007 MTV Movie Awards for "Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet". On August 26, 2007, the film was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards beaten by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

On Jauary 8, 2008, the film was nominated for two categories: "Favorite Family Movie", "Favorite Movie" and "Favorite Movie Drama" at the 34th People's Choice Awards. The film won the award for "Favorite Movie" beating Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, but was beaten by Shrek the Third for "Favorite Family Movie" and by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix "Favorite Movie Drama". On March 9, 2008, Morphin the Power was nominated by voters in a foreign country at the 13th Empire Awards for "Best Film". It got beaten by The Bourne Ultimatum. March 29, 2008, Morphin the Power was nominated at Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards for "Favorite Movie". But it was beaten by Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was the third time for the film in the franchise not to win the Kids Choice Awards.

On June 1, 2008, almost a year after the film's release, Morphin the Power was again nominated at the MTV Movie Awards at this time for two categories - "Best Movie" and "Best Villain". Both did not win any awards. "Best Movie" goes to Transformers, and "Best Villain" goes to Johnny Depp's character from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Sequel
Jane Hoop Elementary: Morphin the Power was followed by a sequel, Jane Hoop Elementary: Turbo of Catland, based on the sixth book in the franchise. It was released on July 8, 2009, two year later, and grossed $930 million worldwide at the box office.