--- title: The Wachowskis' 'Jupiter Ascending' Has Had a Plagued Journey description: A release date change and a bad Sundance screening do not bode well for the Wachowski film canonical: https://time.com/3693643/jupiter-ascending-production-story/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-04T14:30:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:06:16.604Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: A Brief History of 'Jupiter Ascending''s Plagued Journey to the Big Screen og:description: A release date change and a bad Sundance screening do not bode well for the Wachowski film og:url: https://time.com/3693643/jupiter-ascending-production-story/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27797e7d63dfedd6/69877d59cd1bba539d6f5056/ja-fp-0005.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: JA-FP-0005 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Brief History of 'Jupiter Ascending''s Plagued Journey to the Big Screen twitter:description: A release date change and a bad Sundance screening do not bode well for the Wachowski film twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27797e7d63dfedd6/69877d59cd1bba539d6f5056/ja-fp-0005.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Brief History of _Jupiter Ascending'_s Plagued Journey to the Big Screen > Sponsored content. 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Pictures  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Feb 4, 2015 2:30 PM UTC It’s never a good sign when a summer blockbuster starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum’s abs is pushed from July to February, a [historically bad](http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/brow%5Fbeat/2014/02/february%5Fmovies%5Fare%5Fbad%5Fhere%5Fs%5Fstatistical%5Fproof%5Fof%5Fit.html) month for movies. But the move from summer to this inauspicious season [convinced some readers](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/can-jupiter-ascending-benefit-from-the-gravity-strategy-1201221572/) long before the critics had filed their reviews that the Andy and Lana Wachowski film is sure to be a flop. Since the stunning success of _The Matrix_ 15 years ago, the Wachowskis have produced lackluster box office numbers. Both _Speed Racer_ in 2008 and _Cloud Atlas_ in 2012 were critical and commerical disappointments. Now, like _Cloud Atlas_ before it, _Jupiter_ _Ascending’_s bad reputation precedes it. Reports of its ballooning [budget](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/can-jupiter-ascending-benefit-from-the-gravity-strategy-1201221572/) (from $150 to $175 million) and [rumors](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10875265/Jupiter-Ascending-why-was-the-Wachowskis-new-film-moved-to-2015.html) of re-edits after test audiences said they could not understand the plot have plagued the movie in the seven months since it was originally set to hit theaters. Warner Bros. has attempted to explain away _Jupiter Ascending_‘s move by [pointing to](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jupiter-ascending-filmmakers-unfazed-negativity-28685249) the success of 2013’s _Gravity_, which also got a delayed release. But _Gravity_ was given a prestigious October release date (where many Oscar-bait films are slated) and eventually won director Alfonso Cuarón an Oscar. Meanwhile, audience members [reportedly walked out](https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/jupiter-ascending-debuts-muted-crowd-sundance-071509306.html) of a surprise screening of _Jupiter Ascending_ at Sundance last month. Lana Wachowski offers up a more critical explanation for the move. “The summer is built around familiarity,” she [told](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jupiter-ascending-filmmakers-unfazed-negativity-28685249) the Associated Press. “Many cultural critics who shape awareness for films are obsessed with sequels and derivative material. They wildly crave it. That kind of environment is hostile to originality. It only makes space for derivative material and rejects originality. I think Warner Bros. was uncomfortable with that environment.” It’s true that in a time when most tentpole films are based on a comic book (_The_ _Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man_), a fantasy series (_The Hobbit_, _The Hunger Games_) or a resuscitated film series (_Star Wars_, _Jurassic Park_), the Wachowskis are determined to create something original. That’s a risky bet when even the Tom Cruise vehicle _Edge of Tomorrow_ delivers disappointing numbers. But while the sci-fi _Edge of Tomorrow_ wowed critics, reviewers [don’t seem to be buying](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jupiter%5Fascending%5F2014/) Channing Tatum’s half-dog on interstellar roller skates or Eddie Redmayne’s alien-lizard entourage. Perhaps that’s why, for better or worse, the Wachowskis’ next project — a drama about mentally-linked strangers called _Sense8_ — is an original series for Netflix. 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