EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson's Beaver Poster 'Didn't Fare Well' In Focus Groups
Posted on Nov 04, 2010 @ 02:50PM
Mel Gibson’s latest flick The Beaver is described as a dark comedy, but RadarOnline.com has learned that it’s no laughing matter because no one, in a recent focus group, said they would see the movie based on this tease poster!
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“There were numerous focus groups brought in and shown this movie poster and not one person said they would go see the movie,” an industry insider told RadarOnline.com.
“Not one. It was a devastating blow to marketing and they’ve been scrambling trying to figure out what to do.”
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According to the source, the sight of Gibson on the posters was an immediate turnoff to viewers, undoubtedly stemming from the expletive laced and hate fueled rants released by RadarOnline.com.
“Hello. This person is under the care of a prescription puppet,” the sign Gibson is holding in the poster reads.
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“Please, treat him as you normally would, but address yourself to the puppet.”
The movie co-stars Jodie Foster who also directed it – and who also had her own run-in with negative press this year.
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Foster was accused of assaulting a 17-year-old boy at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles after she claimed he was a “professional paparazzo” who was taking pictures of her and scaring her children.
"Ms. Foster viciously attacked me for taking a photo which was totally uncalled for and it scares me to think that we live in a society where it's really okay to hit people if you're a celebrity in Hollywood or if you are rich and famous," the teenager told RadarOnline.com.
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No criminal charges were pressed against the Oscar-winning actress, but the teenage boy’s family says they plan on filing a civil lawsuit.
Foster famously defended Gibson to MORE magazine saying, "When you love a friend, you don't abandon them when they're struggling. He is and has been a true and loyal friend. I hope I can help him get through this dark moment."
No release date has been set for The Beaver so only time will tell if movie execs are as forgiving to Gibson as Foster was.
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The puppet will probably get a lawyer and sue Mel. Then he can pay for his lawyer too.
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 2:05pm
I call BS. Statistics are never 100%, had you choosen any other % out of your butt I might have believed you. Stories like this is why noone believes what they read on Radar.
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 11:33am
MEL GIBSON IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND SECXIEST AMN ALIVE! HE IS SO GOOD AND SO GENEROUS AT HEART! SO KIND OT ALL. THIS MAN DESERVE THE BEST IN LIFE!
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 10:10am
acutaly 87% of the focus groups said that they will go to see that movie. So all waht Radar has to do now, is ot publish proves that says otherwise.. we will be waiting.
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 9:55am
This is a new low on radar. They are now trying to discredit jodie Foster! and bring faulse informations about both and the movie! WOW and people in focus group! radar is heading straight to defamation chargs form jodie Mel and marketing co
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 9:54am
ROL is lying again!!
My wife and I were in a focus group about this movie and we both told them we wanted to see it!!!!!
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 6:32am
THATS VERY INTERESTING. YOU SHOULD TELL IT TO CNN AND DISCREDIT RADAR.
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 9:59am
Mental Mel talks thru a puppet
does it spit and spew obscenities to any passing women before biting them on the face and saking for a blow job?
Posted Thu, 11/04/2010 - 11:45pm
Ah poor dom, do you have bad memories of past puppets? Did the nasty sock monkey make you spout hatred toward old men and support harlots? Put the sock back in the hamper and go outdoors to take a fresh breath of air.
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 7:22pm
NO, THE MOVIE IS NOT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR LIFE.
Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 9:58am