Monster House

Monster House is coming and it looks pretty cool. According to this article at TheMovieBlog.com the trailer is up at Apple Trailers. Also mentioned in the article is concern with Spielberg and Zemeckis, the Executive Producers, being mentioned more prominently than the director who happens to be a first timer.

It is the business of show after all and marketing is marketing (evil until the end), but have we become so jaded and paranoid that we think Hollywood will always lead us down the garden path? I’m beginning to think moreso than not. But, that said, I’m not sure the negative thought is entirely the best one in this situation.

There’s no “fooling” with those two up front. In my experience Exec Producers can be either completely hands off or watch very closely. I’m sure Spielberg wouldn’t negotiate for his name to be featured so prominently if he weren’t involved in some way, and heavily. My bet is that he and Zemeckis had this project kicking about, one of them knew the newbie and want to give him a shot.

Spielberg to Zemeckis: “Let’s see what this kid can do.”

Mr Kenan is probably being watched so closely that he needs to be escorted to the bathroom outside the editing suite by a Zemeckis/Spielberg rep taking notes on whether it was numbers one or two and how long it took. Time is money.