It's clear to me that said company in question just DOESN'T know how to run a movie studio, and in trying to make things more mainstream, they're making things worse. Like I've always said, they just want to avoid making movies at any cost. They sat on Hoodwinked 2 for a year, the production company sued to get it out, and when it finally came out, it was released too close to Rio to really make a major difference. Thor's coming out Friday, and if it didn't get steamrolled last weekend, it's gonna be steamrolled now. Had it the cushy January/February spot last year like it was SUPPOSED to have, it may have stood a chance. Look at what the February release date did for that horrible Gnome movie. No competition! And this HAD to have been a million times funnier than that. Twitchy alone had me giggling.
Only problem I had with Hoodwinked is you could tell that some (of the worst) lines of dialogue seemed added in last minute, and obnoxiously hip (most of it was said in cutaway shots where you couldn't see character's mouths move). But the rest of the film outshone that stuff.
It does seem to be a matter of "Did we really need a Hoodwinked 2?", sure, but the poor promotion and odd release date of BOTH this and Scream 4 really hit these films hard. And again, conflicted. If Weinstine goes under, there's a chance someone else could do the Fraggle Movie. but then they'd need to shop it around AGAIN!