Zombot (2009 Film)

Zombot is an american 2009 american Science fiction and superhero film produced by Paramount Pictures, It is based on the character of the final part of Plants VS. Zombies, is directed by Bob Hoskins and Written By himself and Mark Protosevich and starring Jim Carrey, Dennis Hopper And Robert DeNiro
In 2007, the movie went into development alongside the game's development, George Fan Announced at the end of 2007 on his Twitter that he was developing the game along with his movie, he had also made a deal with the closed Imagi Studios to produce the movie, but decided not to do it due to production problems
The Film premiered was released in the United States on May 5, 2009 To Celebrate The First Year Of The Game Plants VS. Zombies, earned $789 million and was an commercial and financial success, but the film was widely panned by critics, who criticized his story, tone, rhythm, the lack of connection to games, lack of character development and lack of originally , but the perfomances of Carrey and Hopper and DeNiro and the visual effects were praised, Critics unfavorably compared it to Transformers (2007), Iron Man (2008) , Alien (1979) and Superman (1978), The film was Nominated for 5 Golden Rpasberry Awards, Worst Picture, Worst Supporting Actor (DeNiro), Worst Screenplay and Worst Actor (Carrey), and was nominated one academy award of Best Visual effects, Hoskins and Carrey They would later express their loss of interest with the film, blaming the interference of the studio and have since repudiated the film.
A sequel was meant to be released in 2011, however, it was canceled after the failure of the first film, in 2013, Warner bros announced that it acquired the rights to the series, a reboot also nicknamed Zombot was released in 2017 with his sequel 2OMBOT in 2018, after the cancelation of 3OMBOT, Paramount Pictures Returned the popcap character rights, and a second reboot and sequel, Zombot Returns, was released in 2022, with Carrey coming back as the main protagonist
== Plot ==
In Year 2029, The Asteroid 99942 Aphohis made an approach to the earth with little possibility of collision, however, the event was interrupted by a magma-colored meteor, which destroyed apophis and causes the strange meteor to collide with the earth ,5 days after the collision, Magna's meteor breaks, causing a strange-looking robot to emerge from the inside, confused without knowing where it is, continues on its way to find out where it comes from, everything changes when it arrives in New York, when everyone is horrified by the robot, but an old doctor named Dr. Eric Williams, He approaches to zombot and tells him that he needs his purpose, already inside, the doctor tells him that zombot is an unknown alien, and shortly after zombot is He will find out about that, the doctor's data machine fails, making him no longer know which planet he comes from, 2 Weeks Later, a crazy and clumsy Doctor and Scientist, doctor edgar zomboss, is about to finish his machine to create a portal that causes him to generate a magnetic field to enclose New York, however, a strong blackout causes his experiment is ruined, and that he needs a powerful energy to function better, 3 months later, zombot he gets new data from doctor eric williams, his results are that he comes from a rare planet called fare, other data is that he has superhuman abilities, he can launch a Purple laser through the mouth, it has a little enormous strength and can fly on its feet, Meanwhile, it obtains one last piece of information about its planet, which comes from a futuristic civilization of its planet, they are bots, which are all the same as zombot but of different colors and superhuman abilities, edgar zomboss finds out that there is a strange alien on earth and confused that he thinks that the alien will save earth, he marks it as a new objective, destroy him and continue his conquest with new york, but the plan is ruined again, So many days later, Zombot is surrounded by the doctor's machines and he threatens him that if he does not leave the earth, he would be destroyed, zombot refuses, causing zomboss to attack, but z manages to escape from zomboss, however, he is found shortly after, zombot almost kills zomboss, but uses a taser, causing zombot to run out of energy and remain immobile, now trapped in his lair, zomboss is studying zombot to know if he really is an alien, he discovers that if he is an alien and takes him as a target to manipulate his mind, the The plan is a success, causing Zombot to spiral out of control and destroy everything around of New York, but zomboss manages to stop him with the same taser, pretending that he regrets the destruction of a small part of New York, returns to his lair and keeps zombot prisoner for life, meanwhile on the planet fare, the bots are arranged to build a portal that will take them to earth, the brother of zombot, Redbot, confessed that he accidentally threw zombot to planet earth without knowing that it was a possibility that he collided with his satellite to know how much a bot could resist, shortly after, the bots discover that zombot is alive and imprisoned by a maniac, the portal ends shortly after and the bots go into action to stop zomboss, however, they are stopped by the machine that zomboss was making at the beginning, fortunately redbot was the only one that managed to enter New York (That Is Enclosed By The Magnetic Field), Redbot finds zombot alive and active, but encased by zomboss, and this threatens to kill him if he does not surrender to him, redbot is about to make the deal, but zombot breaks free, and sacrifices himself using all his energy to launch his powerful purple laser, making Disintegrate Zomboss, killing him, Redbot finds zombot seriously finished, and tells him that even if he is dead, the bot civilization will continue to exist, later, zombot apparently dies after that, Redbot, very guilty or because of the death of his brother, he gets angry to infinity and flies into outer space and turns the earth around to turn back time, redbot stops zombot's attack, causing him to apologize and letting zomboss live, 4 months after what happened, zombot is acclaimed by the defense of the United States, and named as a hero of the earth, he promises everyone that he would return if a greater danger occurs, zombot talks again with Doctor Eric Wiliams, and apparently meets his brother Harry Williams, After everything that happened, zombot says goodbye to everyone, leaving earth to return to his planet. In a mid-credits scene, Zomboss is shown in prison, and now as a madman, he vows revenge on zombot.
== Cast ==
* Jim Carrey as Zombot, A Robot Who Came TO The Earth Trapped In a Meteorite and responsibke to destroy apophis
* Dennis Hopper as Dr.Edgar Zomboss, A Crazy and Clumsy Doctor and Scientist, who was born deformed of the brain, is obsessed to conquer new york, until zombot becomes his new target to destroy him
* Robert DeNiro as Dr. Eric Williams, a doctor and psychologist who help zombot about where he comes from and his purpose on earth
*Danny DeVito as Harry Williams, Brother Of The Doctor Eric Williams, who also help Williams And Zombot
*Paul Walker as Redbot, Brother of zombot and leader of the planet fare
== Reception ==
Zombot was panned by the critics. In Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval of 12% based in 189 reviews, with an average rating of 3.67/10. The Website critical consensus reads, "Despite the impressive visual effects to turn Carrey into this robot, Zombot is a sorry movie based on a final character, it just kidding is a alien." Metacritic calculated a weighted average score of 14 out of 100, based on 72 critics, indicating "Overwhelming Dislike". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale
== Cancelled Sequel And Reboot ==
Before Mark Protosevich began writing the script of zombot, Paramount Pictures announced that it was developing a sequel and was set to release it in the summer of 2011.
After the poor reception of the movie and the Criticism of Hoskins and Carrey against the movie, Mark Protosevich began to wonder if Paramount would go ahead to produce the sequel, in february 2010, the film was removed from the movie calendar and paramount began having controversies with Popcap Games before parting ways
In March 2013, Warnermedia, the company responsible for Warner bros, had an agreement to obtain the rights to the Popcap Games characters, one of them was plants vs zombies, In 2015 The Official Title was revealed, also Mark Protosevich Comes Back As Writing The Script,the film was directed by Marc Webb and starred Jarv Eric (Attention! The Person What I Mention "Jarv Eric" Doesn't exist, Please be respectful)
== Why The Sequel Was Cancelled ==
Here's The Reasons Why The Sequel Of Zombot Was Cancelled
# Bob Hoskins And Jim Carrey Denied To Work In Another Movie
# So Much Production Problems Due To Carrey And Hoskins Decided To No Come Back
# Paramount Have Controversies With Popcap Games By The Film, As a Result, Popcap Games Separated From Paramount Pictures