Being successful on television is no guarantee that you can set that success on the big screen. It is an undeniable real aspect of Hollywood that although some people may be lucky enough to jump to and from small and large screens with ease, encouraging audiences to jump with them, many others can find real success in one medium.

For example, one of the many excitement of AMC's seminal drama "Breaking Bad" was not just about seeing Brian Cranston, so well known for Being such a cartoon and shame on the fox of Malcolm in the middle, evoke a self-turned villain like Walter White. He was also watching Cranston's co-star Aaron Paul, as the unfortunate Meta dealer, Essie Pinkman, struggling to make a name for himself and potentially go straight, even as the Haysenberg man pulling him to the Briton. Given that there were only 62 episodes of "Breaking Bad" for several years, it is even more impressive that Paul was able to clarify the audience and critics that he was an actor of huge talent and emotion, winning three awards for the best actor. (In retrospect, it's hard to believe Instead, three other actors almost played Pinkman.)

The award -winning, although he was, however, has not made the successful jump on the big screen so far. It's not for a lack of attempt, however, when you think about the time of his first major project "Breaking Bad". On paper, it seemed like a kind of thing that should not have been to break. It was a genre movie, a specific action film full of intense set of cars. Paul was surrounded by a talented ensemble; He could carry himself as well as Esses, but he has no shame to work with a strong group of actors to make your job better. The film in question also built the name recognition, watching it inspired by a popular set of video games.

Yes, the movie "Need for Speed" in 2014 It seemed As it was predetermined to become a hit ... But in fact, it turned out to be a great swing and miss (at least in the United States).

It is easy enough to see why DreamWorks Pictures and Walt Disney Company (through its hand to distribute images of TouchStone Pictures) believed there was the potential to convert video games "Need for Speed" into a movie. The games were not just for racing, but they focused specifically on illegal street races when you even think about a second for mass success Universal paintings enjoyed the "fast and furious" franchise, it's basically unsuccessful. Just as the studio will require a continuation of a popular movie, if the first is good enough, looking for more than the same, other study will want to be copies if they see that a competitor is well -founded with a formula that seems easy to replicate.

As a bonus, video games "Need for Speed" also extend back in the mid-1990s, which means that most audiences have at least passing closeness to them (even if they do not fully understand why or how they do).

The film that made this idea of ​​copy has at least an impressive team, several of which were still early in their careers. Although Paul is played by Tobey Marshall, a mechanic and a street racer who longs to clear his name for a crime he has not committed, has Imogen Poti as an exotic car salesman and sex -fuelight interest; Michael Keaton as a refrigerated and attractive life item that hosts an underground races competition in which Tobey participates; Pre- "Fifty Shades of Gray" Dakota Nsonson as a former Tobey; Dominique Cooper as Tobey's main rival; And even a young, "Mr. Robot" Rami Malek as one of Tobey's associates. (Fun Fact: While "Need for Speed" was the first major Keaton video game project, He almost acted in the notorious Super Mario Bros. in 1993. movie before that.)

It is worth noting that /The film actually gave "need for speed" a mildly positive review At the moment of his release, though Most critics were less kinde The film when it was a hit theaters in March 2014. Part of the release with this film is simple: it is just as funny as the films "Fast and Furious" (at least before that last property went even greater and deliberately gradually with its latest records), yet nowhere near so much. The "Need for Speed" premium, in which Tobey is set by his rival Dino (Cooper) for the death of his friend during the race that turns into super-violent, is as intensive and unhealthy as possible, with Paul jumping too much to feel the seriousness of his crime. No doubt, Keaton, as well as his colleague co-Starvaza Scott Kid Kudy Meskudi (who plays one of Toby's more comedic allies) are trying to be playful in their performances, but their tone does not fit the slower, tours of this 130-minute film that is not enough.

Of course, a film that is not successful with critics does not mean white when it comes to box office. But "the need for speed" was one of those types of movies where it was all called. Just as critics were greatly dissatisfied with the film, the audience was not trying to see it ... at least in the United States. The film did not open against massive competition, only repeated performances of the animated film "Mr. Pebodi and Herman" and epic "Sands and Sandals" "300: Raising Empire". Even so, the "need for speed" failed to reach the cashier for his open weekend, raising just $ 17.8 million aside. When everything was said to be over, her domestic treasurer was over $ 43 million against the $ 66 million reported budget.

Now, it's fair: as is the case of "Fast and Furious" films, "Need for Speed" made a lot more money abroad, resulting in a total gross in the world of $ 203.3 million. Because of that, Plans for "Need for Speed ​​2" were actually announced in 2015. However, for various reasons, the project has fallen apart during the decade that followed, putting the future of the franchisee in bed along with that of Paul's film career. It did not help the fact that the American distribution of the first film, Touchstone Pictures, was on the verge of being permanently retired before its theater release anyway.

As for Paul? Since then he has had a reasonably successful post-"Breaking Bad" TV career. Soon after the failure of the "need for speed", he headed back to the small screen to serve as one of the main characters of the brilliant animated comedy of Netflix "Color Konjanik", and subsequently appeared as a repetitive character in the later seasons of the science drama. But his film career has not been so impressive in comparison, despite appearing in many Indy in recent years.

It was not because of the lack of attempt, of course. If you watched "Breaking Bad", you could easily see how immensely talented Paul was. The Trappani on the show's show will allow many people to realize that if he successfully moved to films, Paul would be in action films and thrillers for years. But the audience just didn't feel the "need for speed", so he quickly returned to television for his future work.