Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-32035877-20190120040936/@comment-37493515-20190203011500

StephanTheAnimator wrote: Hello everyone. It's me once again. And I would like to apologize for not being very active on Idea Wiki. It's just that I'm busy with everyday life, such as school and other personal things. But that's not what I'm here for. I'm here to talk about the future of the Eric project and what's next for the development of the film, since this is a new year. So let's talk about the original Eric movie.

So I have to confirm that the original Eric movie is now cancelled again. This time, for good. I'll explain why.

Well, it's a bit complicated. But the reasons are lack of creativity, story problems, too many changes, loss of interest, and especially drama against me that happen in the summer of 2017, as well as during 2018.

The original Eric movie was not very faithful to the source material. It was supposed to be based around a fictional character. It was not intended to be based off a YouTuber who goes by the name of "EricAnimate". The redesigns of Eric were not faithful to the source material either, and they would probably ruin the character in general. A couple of redesigns of Eric ripped-off other characters such as Peter Parker from the 2017 Spider-Man animated series and Taiga Kagami from the Kuroko no Basuke series, and they did not nearly look like MrLegoFan404's Eric at all. Also, I intended to have a character named Mandy (originally Julie) be Eric's girlfriend in the movie, despite Ericina being Eric's now ex-girlfriend. Though Mandy's design never materialized, she was intended to have blonde hair. Mandy was later scrapped after I changed the film and decided to focus on MrLegoFan404's Eric instead of my own version. MrLegoFan404's Eric is a very popular GoAnimate/Vyond character that has appeared in so many GoAnimate/Vyond videos. He's also very special and he's been around in GoAnimate/Vyond since 2011.

I have worked on the original Eric film for two years now, but it's time to change and move on. Change is good and it makes things better. And I would certainly like to thank Henry Norton, James Sharp (MovieLover9000), Mason Price (Mplayla3), Emman V. Cortez (Spider-GemBlur), Jad Barahmeh (Jadhostgamer072), Nolan Massey (Knottyorchid12), Highpows, Colin Lloyd Pendergast (Cpend7), other Idea Wiki members (except the ones who have vandelized the original movie), and my supporters on social media for helping me with the film, despite the bad times I've been through.

And don't worry everyone. That does not mean that the Eric project is entirely canceled. I am making a new Eric movie that's better than the original one. This time, it's going to be about MrLegoFan404's Eric, aka the original Eric. This time, things will be much better than before during the production. It will be more original, more creative, and more faithful to the source material. That also includes no more causing drama or controversy from now on. I have already learned my lesson from the mistakes I've made back then, so you understand.

Okay. So what's next for the Eric project? Well, for now you'll have to wait on further new information to be revealed, so stay tuned.

Anywanys, that's all I needed to say. So bye.

And rest in peace to the orginal Eric movie (The Eric Show: The Movie/Eric Animations) that later became Eric Rewritten (I'm planning to change that name soon). I agree with you on that. It takes lots of work to make a really good Movie, whether it can be animated or Live-Action.