Coming off the barnstorming success of Pitch Perfect 2 – $287.5 million worldwide after enjoying the highest-grossing opening for any musical comedy in history – all signs pointed to Universal reuniting the Barden Bellas for a third movie without so much as a hitch. Alas, that proved to be wishful thinking.
Soon after the studio issued the go-ahead on Pitch Perfect 3 and the pieces started to fall into place, it was revealed that Elizabeth Banks planned to vacate the director’s chair due to family matters and other commitments, while still remaining on board as Gail, one part of the irreverent commentating team opposite John Michael Higgins. As time wore on, Universal finally zeroed in on Banks’ replacement: Trish Sie, the filmmaker who has a decorated history in the music industry, most recently shooting the music video for Ok Go’s “Upside Down & Inside Out” in zero gravity.
Amid all of this backroom drama,...
Soon after the studio issued the go-ahead on Pitch Perfect 3 and the pieces started to fall into place, it was revealed that Elizabeth Banks planned to vacate the director’s chair due to family matters and other commitments, while still remaining on board as Gail, one part of the irreverent commentating team opposite John Michael Higgins. As time wore on, Universal finally zeroed in on Banks’ replacement: Trish Sie, the filmmaker who has a decorated history in the music industry, most recently shooting the music video for Ok Go’s “Upside Down & Inside Out” in zero gravity.
Amid all of this backroom drama,...
- 18.10.2016
- von Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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