Zagor

Zagor (2012) is a live-action film directed by Steven Spielberg and is an adaptation of the Italian Comic Book by the same name. It was released on December 14. 2012.

Plot

Zagor Tenay, a well known hero in Darkwood meets a man named Chico, together they must save Darkwood and defeat Mortimer.

Production

In 1997, a Balkan company by the name 'Spoils!' was looking for mainstream success, their first job was releasing Italian and Balkan media to the wider world and such, they were a bit successful, although, the CEO of the company didn't want to just distribute media, they wanted to make media. Their first idea was making a Zagor film. Zagor is well known in Italy and in the Balkans, and they thought Zagor had the potential to be turned into a live-action film funded by a big company, since about January 2001, they began pitching the idea of a potential Zagor film to many studios, including Disney, Warner Bros, Sony and such. In June 2004, they pitched the idea of a Zagor film to Studio Canal, Studio Canal showed interest in the film, and while they accepted it, they were worrying that this film would flop, considering it's obscure source, but they thought it could be a success, but nontheless they only allowed for a budget of around $15 million. The film began production, after many failed scripts, on November 1. 2007, a script for the film was accepted and it began filming.

On July 12. 2008 a Zagor film was announced to the public.

On August 3. 2008 a Teaser Poster was officially released, it featured the Zagor logo on a red backround with the release date at the bottom reading 2010.

On December 24. 2008 the release date was pushed to Summer 2011.

On June 11. 2009 the release date was once again pushed to Christmas 2012, along with these news the cast was announced.

On July 30. 2009 the 2008 Zagor film poster was remade, only changing the date from 2010 to 2012.

On July 16. 2010 a couple of casting choices were replaced

On November 7. 2010 the full release date for the film was released which was December 14. 2012.

On June 3. 2011, a second teaser poster was revealed, it featured the designs of Zagor and Chico on a white backround.

On September 28. 2011 a teaser was released.

On April 3. 2012 a second teaser was released.

On July 2. 2012 the official trailer was released.

On August 20. 2012 the main trailer was released.

On October 31. 2012 the final trailer was released.

Box Office

The film earned $121 million on a $15 million budget, making it a success

Reception

The film has a 7.2/10 on IMDb, a 58% on Metacritic and a 88% from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

Sequel

The film got one sequel named 'Zagor: Ghost with an Axe' in 2014