![]() Dolittle 2, Showtime, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Daddy Day Care, The Haunted Mansion, Norbit, Meet Dave, and Imagine That) to diminishing box-office returns ( Dave and Imagine both opened to less than $6 million). Since then, he’s been collecting paychecks and stinking up theaters (his recent résumé: The Klumps, Dr. He told Rolling Stone he was tired of family movies and wanted to return to “edgy stuff.” But after all these years (and fat suits) audiences have earned the right to be skeptical: If you ignore his voice roles in animation, and his anomalous Oscar-nominated one in Dreamgirls, Murphy hasn’t appeared in a non-terrible film since 1999’s Bowfinger. The prerelease buzz for Tower Heist was the strongest for any Eddie Murphy movie in more than a decade. What Went Wrong? Six Reasons Tower Heist Failed: So as Ratner embarks on an apology tour, Murphy sulks back to movie jail, and Stiller calls his agent to see if there are any Fockers we haven’t yet been introduced to, we asked a pair of Hollywood professionals (a prominent agent and producer) for insight into why Tower Heist bombed - and what the fallout might be for its makers. Predicted to top the box office with at least $35 million, Heist made off with a mere $24 million, landing in second place behind the week-old Puss in Boots. Still, it must be asked: What went wrong? Heist had plenty going for it, including a timely premise, a release date light on competition, the usually bankable Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy in his most promising role in years, and some of the least-awful reviews of Ratner’s career. Stephanie Beatriz had joined the cast as an undisclosed role.The failure of Brett Ratner’s $75 million Tower Heist last weekend was overshadowed by the director’s bigger failures as a human. Reilly had been casted for the film Christopher Lloyd will be playing the role of Judge Ramos, who was previously played by Robert Downy Sr, who died back in 2021 Leslie Jones had been cast as Darnell's loud-mouthed mom Nicole Kidman had been casted in the film, though however, she hasn't confirmed of who she'll be playing yet and Taran Killam had been cast to play the main antagonist in the sequel. In August, Ratner said the sequel will have more actions, and more comedy, and even more taste than the first film. Dante Spinotti returned as cinematographer from the first film. Principal photography began on June 28, 2021, taking place entirely in New York City. Stiller said in May that he would begin filming in July. Later that month, Eugene Levy entered talks to join the film's cast. and Imagine Entertainment announced that development on Tower Heist sequel had been in development since 2012. A month later, the planned start date for filming was revealed to be in June, though there was potential for this to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fitzhugh in the sequel, with filming expected to begin later that year in New York City. Matthew Broderick said in February 2021 that he was reprising his role as Mr. ![]() Christopher Lloyd as Judge Ramos, a judge who resides in The Tower.Vin Diesel as James Wilfred, Josh and Darnell's henchman.Gabourey Sidibe as a Jamaican-born maid at The Tower threatened with deportation by Shaw's theft.Fitzhugh, a bankrupt former Wall Street investor who aids Josh Téa Leoni as Claire Denham, an FBI special agent assigned to Shaw's case.Alan Alda as Arthur Shaw, a Wall Street billionaire living at The Tower who was placed under house arrest for embezzling $2 billion.Casey Affleck as Charlie Gibbs, The Tower's concierge and Josh's brother-in-law. ![]()
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