Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge (film)

Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge is a 2003 superhero adventure film, released on the novel by Rita Christensen. Same director, James Calvin, returning screenwriter, Brian Clark, it is the third film in the popular Jane Hoop Elementary series. The adventure features the heroes defend themselves battle against an adventure with two married characters. The story follows five young heroes in their third year as superheroes learned that Goldenman is taking over the world helping Catwoman out. 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 Cyber Escape and was followed by Jane Hoop Elementary: The Magic Ball.

It was released on November 10, 2003 in Australia and November 14, 2003 in United States and elsewhere and the first Hoop film for a IMAX release. The movie remains has been nominated for an Academy Award including Original Music Soundtrack and Visual Effects and also remain nominated of the BAFTA in 2004.

The film's box office performances ($792.5 million) ranked as the lowest among the eight films. However, it currently sits as the 44th highest-grossing film of all-time.

Plot

 * See also: Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge

Danny Gorden is at his home studying his new superpower abilities. Meanwhile, when things gets out of control, they legally outcast each other and frozen as green egg and golden trophy for 1,300 years. Later, Danny won an Golden Trophy right after Catwoman, by the time her, plans last night at the Center for a celebration of Danny's award, to make her mission raise a trophy evil, planning to steal it from him. Suddenly after the celebration back at the Jane Hoop Elementary Base, Catwoman, Shego and Monkeyman begins to make their plan after the trophy was caught, they have stole it when spying at the Base. Later in the morning, the trophy is gone missing, Catwoman has finally steals it. Catwoman used the power that she had stolen the trophy as for recognize that it was belong to the gang's hero, Danny. He and Alec heads over to the computer of color of gold and saw Goldenman written messages onto the wall that he would destroy everything. Suddenly, appears of the cloud covered in gold.

While relation going on their advance going to Goldenman. Later, Danny, Rebecca, Alec, Cory and Jaquille takes their revenge to battle against Goldenman, when first takes a place travels to Morphin the Power, Danny defeats Goldenman, but couldn't because of being powerful. Before Goldenman escapes, Danny provides finding another way to defeat Goldenman, as he begins to posses Danny and nearly killing him, as he activates the same power Goldenman had and faints. Taking back to the Base, the gang and SWAT takes their advance for later and talking about did Catwoman or Goldenman created badly issues. The truth tells if Goldenman was a godfather, and born from a lost planet with brother-in-law, Evan. The Monster was not made by Goldenman, but reborn by Catwoman after 1600 years ago.

Meanwhile, Goldenman is about to rule the world. Rebecca was having a meeting with Mayor and Miss. Watson at the Base while Danny has a talk with Goldenman about that he was born from the trophy. Goldenman's relationship tells that he was only created that he was to be controlled when he was joined with evil. Danny would not like that he joins the team with Catwoman trying to defeat him. Alec steaks to the Base that tells Mayor and Miss. Watson Goldenman had taking off to destroy the world using the meter defend to destroy everything, Miss. Watson says is that Goldenman is Danny's godfather, finally tells a secret. After giving Danny's friends nightmares and attack them into base by sneaking an attack, Danny, Alec and Rebecca were sent to went off to defend on Cory, Jaquille and Naudia from attack from Goldenman and Jack and McKenzie being kidnapped, Rebecca wondered that They traveled to the sunset a passage way to Catwoman's base. Danny takes them to the base to rescue them. It was revealed that Goldenman is a godfather ot Danny when having his powers. Meanwhile, Goldenman was arrested. As punishment, people of Cincinnati has apperently chopped his head off using the guillotine, killing him, leading Catwoman, Shego and Monkeyman in jail. Danny, Alec and Rebecca gets attacked by the ghostly hallow of Goldenman's sprits, nearly killing them, whom is later rescued by an unseen person, believing to be his father.

Miss. Watson reveals them as time traveling watch created by The First, where Danny and Naudia used it to go back in time for four hours. They find that Goldenman has escaped from his punishment. As the ghostly hallows attempted to attack the self Danny, Rebecca and Alec, Danny performs a powerful superpower he learned from the book leading him that it was him that he saved himself. The two rescued Goldenman from jail, who made an agreement of his relationship. After breaking him out of jail, Goldenman will be a team of Jane Hoop Elementary Base. Meanwhile, Catwoman plans of herself after escaping from jail whom she collapsed her mission is failed. She has start making a sent when helping to find someone, and don't want to lose forever.

Cast

 * See also: List of Jane Hoop Elementary cast members


 * Blake Brown as Danny Gorden, leader of Jane Hoop Elementary.
 * Ben Linkin as Alec Gutzwiller, Danny's best friend.
 * Amy Tammie as Rebecca Henry, Danny's best friend.
 * Barbara Timer as Dr. Catwoman: Jane Hoop Elementary's principal enemy.
 * Arthur Walters as Goldenman, A powerful creature.[3] Walters say about Goldenman "he is a real interesting character, and much a powerful character, had a fight in the different island".[3] Willow and Watson has casts Walters as Goldenman on October 2001, which starts on a interview in 2002.[3]
 * Tim Allen as Evan: Evan's brother in law from 1300 years ago. Appearing as a short character in this film, he returns in a bigger role for the fourth installment. Allen reprises his role as Evan for Morphin the Power in 2007.
 * Bart Simpson as Cory Berning: One of Danny's friend, who is kidnapped into the climax.
 * Bloom Dee as Jaquille Short: One of Danny's friend, who is kidnapped into the climax.
 * Barbara Blue as Naudia Gorden: Danny's youngest cousin who lives and Alec's girlfrien, who got kidnapped into the climax by Goldenman.
 * Natasha Richardson as Miss. Bella Watson: A secretery who lives with Mayor in his office from Danny and the gang in the Jane Hoop Elementary Base.
 * George Jones as Mayor James Watson: The president's officer of Cincinnati, Ohio lived at the Jane Hoop Elementary Base.
 * Barbara Dee as Shego Dalma: One of Catwoman's friend who helped with her defends working with Goldenman of evil.
 * Stephen Johnson as Shadow the Monkeyman: One of Catwoman's friend who helped with her defends working with Goldenman of evil.

Development
After completing the second film (2001), the film was set a production in 2002, for filming Goldenman's Revenge setting in late 2002[3].[3] Director, James Calvin was signed to return to direct for the second film as he did for the both films in two years in a role. After reading the books, Rita Christensen said that all of the seven books are to be made into films despite it being one of her best selling books of all-time. Derek Todd returns to produced and Brian Clark and screenplay.[3] Christensen has titled a third series of Goldenman's Revenge[3] which was also known as Jane Hoop Elementary 3,[3] but Christensen creates it's own official title of the book "Goldenman's Revenge"[3] with an error.[3] Calvin reports "this film was a little confusing, but a little bit drama [crazy] and including a brand new out of control powerful characters [Goldenman and Evan] and too weird [to be more like a comedy]".[3] Jack and McKenzie were still as the main characters.

Filming
Principal photography for Goldenman's Revenge has began on November 15, 2002, and wraped up in May 2003.[3]

Shooting is where theatrically filmed in Cincinnati, Ohio[3] for the Jane Hoop Elementary Base (Mayor's office) and Catwoman's Base. Much work, Goldenman, was taken to jail where located at the Police Station in Cincinnati, Ohio also to be near by Jane Hoop Elementary Base [between Mayor's office].[3]

A new location of the first is "Morphin the Power", as it was first seen in the second film, was shoot Oakwood, Missouri for a battle of Danny and Goldenman.[3] The other location, where houses and villages were filmed in most Ohio, including, The SWAT Teammates Center located from other side of Cincinnati's Bridge from Old Camp.]

The jail scene where Catwoman, Shego, Monkeyman and Goldenman were arrested takes place at the Hamiliton County Justice Center.

Designs
Film set in 2003,[3] two years after the first,[3] Jimmy Hart designed the film's costumes boss. He re-designed the Hero uniforms, having initially planned to use those shown on the cover of the American book, but deemed them "a mess."[3] As such, she dressed the Battle Scene in "preppie sweaters, 20th century American fencing breeches and arm guards."[3] Production designer Stuart Craig built the sets at Leavesden Studios, including Cincinnati's Jail, basing it on many English cathedrals.[3] Although originally asked to use an existing old street to film Cincinnati Bridge scenes, Craig decided to built his own set, comprising Tudor, Georgian and Queen Anne architecture.[3] The outfits designs "Red", "Blue", "Pink", "Yellow" and "Black" sweaters of Jane Hoop Elementary.[3] A setting of Rebecca being attacked by the Ground Monster, providing a painting of the mud, provided to make a 3D re-animation, about Ground Monster, grabbing Rebecca's foot about to be eaten.[3]

Music

 * ''Main article: Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge (soundtrack)

Kim Dawson was selected to compose the film's score. Dawson composed the score at his homes in Los Angeles and Tanglewood before recording it in London in August.[3] One of the main themes is entitled "Fantasy's theme", Dawson retained it for his finished score as "everyone seemed to like it".[3] It was released on 25 November.[3] A theme song of the film for the series is "Fantasy Theme", while from the first film, was a little different.[3] The theme song was to be created the same as seen from the preceding season.[3]

Marketing

 * Main article: Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge (video game)

Box office
The film opened two years after the previous film on November 14, 2003 in United States, Canada and United Kingdom, where the rest of the films released in the same weekend were released on Wednesday, and Australia opened earlier to November 10. It has broken as a new record as the biggest opening weekend for a 2003 film ever. The film made $92.3 million during it's opening weekend in the United States during it's 3-day Thanksgiving weekend coming in at #1 for the weekend, making it, at the amount of time, the second biggest opening weekend of all-time behind previous Spider-Man.[1] However, it broke a previous record Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ($90.1 million) for making most money for a film released in November before being broken two years later by the release of its sequel Jane Hoop Elementary: The Magic Ball with $104.6 million. The film made £16 million on it's opening weekend, and became the second highest-grossing film in UK for 2003 making £44 million or US$75 million.[3] It brought a £14.6 million on it's opening weekend, stunning as the biggest opening for the year.[1] Also, the film stayed at #1 for two weeks in the US weekend box office, and three weeks at #1 at the UK weekend box office.[1] In Australia, it has made $28.8 million in it's opening weekend. Goldenman's Revenge currently has the highest weekend box office in Australia. Goldenman's Revenge reached an amount total of $790.5 million worldwide, which made it the third highest-grossing film of 2003 behind The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Finding Nemo.[3] In the United States, it is the fifth highest-grossing film doestically of the year grossing $259.5 million.[3] From the rest of the world however, the movie is the number two film of the year making $531 million. With it's box office success, it is the lowest-grossing Hoop film in the film franchise.[3] Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge is currently the 44th highest-grossing film in history.

Critical reception

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

Reviews were generally positive, it holds an 82% "Certified Fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 63 out of 100 at Metacritic representing "generally favorable reviews". Roger Ebert called Goldenman's Revenge "a phenomenal film" and gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, especially praising the set design. Entertainment Weekly commended the film for being better and darker than its predecessor: "And among the things this Jane Hoop Elementary does very well indeed is deepen the darker, more frightening atmosphere for audiences. This is as it should be: Danny's story is supposed to get darker".[3] Richard Roeper praised the directing and the films faithfulness to the book, saying: "James Calvin, the director, does a real wonderful job of being faithful to the story but also taking it into a cinematic era". The job is so a "Drama", and "Arguing is So as a Stupid-Dull!".[3] It than calls it "The Best Movie of the Year".[3]

Home Media / Ultimate Edition
Jane Hoop Elementary: Goldenman's Revenge was originally released on DVD and VHS; including Blu-Ray as well of One and Two Disk in the United States on April 30, 2004, and April 26 in the United Kingdom.[1] It features deleted scenes, behind the scenes and a sneak peek for Jane Hoop Elementary: The Magic Ball, for the sneak peek as first look of filming.[1] This is the final Hoop film to be released on VHS home video. The following films were only released on DVD.

Paramount Pictures plans on to rerelease the film as an ultimate edition, along with Jane Hoop Elementary: The Magic Ball.[1] It will feature with the tests of Brown, Tammie and Linkin, including extended versions featuring deleted scenes will be added for the film and a sneak peek for the new movie for the franchise Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush.[1] The release date for the Ultimate edition was released on March 29, 2011.[1]

Awards
Goldenman's Revenge was remain nominated of the 76th Academy Awards within only 2 Oscars of 10 wins and 31 nominations in 2004.

Goldenman's Revenge was also nominated at the 2004 Kids' Choice Awards was lose to animated film, Finding Nemo.

Difference from the Book
Goldenman's Revenge novel was 20 chapters and 420 pages long, 3] the third longest behind third and fourth in the Jane Hoop Elementary series, with the film is 136 minutes, the second longest in the Jane Hoop Elementary film series behind Turbo of Catland film with 138 minutes.[3] Goldenman's brother-in-law, Evan first appears, he doesn't concluded in this film, but made his fourth appearance in Morphin the Power film, and the fourth book. Argument scenes, Alec and Rebecca starts to hurt each other, by Alec stomps onto her toe so hard, he was tough, and Rebecca slaps him into his face so hard she was hard, and they have not forgot their friendship, they have ended their friendship. In the film, these things were been cut for the movie, because wouldn't recover the movie all over again.[3] Goldenman's Revenge was grant that from the book, the second longest book from the first. It was most has it's impress, due to the film has the same director returning back and back. Calvin roles on the Camera, that the series takes the longest in the series, filming take several places at the Base and Catwoman's Base and Cincinnati, Ohio. For the time length, it is more than 2 minutes longer than the first film, as well for the third film and fourth film were the shortest behind this film. This film contain by a mystery/adventure, as well goes of all the books in the series. The most violence happens when of a fantasy adventure violence. Than for the first film, the adventure takes off the same adventure, but different. The film bred was real thrill/clean adventures, violence the film become a clean adventure. Than the first film, also was known to be clean. Third to others were meet to be getting cleaner. The film was about children has return. The scene of Naudia's diary, has been cut into the film. The beach scene was also cut into the film, but were seen into the book only possible. The third film, The Magic Ball contains as well it was the important adventure from the second film. Making the biggest mystery in the series. Within, Danny has law as a leader on the superhero (including the boys: Alec, Cory and Jaquille). They make a edit, starts when having their long hair, when growing up. They first have is from the upcoming fifth film. Alec gets his hair grown in the fourth film. The second film, is that, Alec's hair is half-long. Rebecca's hair grows super-long from the third film, and little-shorten from the fourth film, as well much long hair. Rebecca's hair grows back longer from the upcoming fifth film. Naudia's hair grows staying never growing forever. Miss. Watson and Maria has also long hair while having same with Catwoman and Shego than other girls in the series.