They have brought along a small robot called 51N3RG.Y (pronounced synergy), an invention of Emmett's. Erica is polite and courteous with the quartet, but shows particular interest in Jerrica, who she sees as a potential superstar. They meet music producer Erica Raymond and her son Rio. Jerrica is offered a record deal by Starlight Productions and travels to Los Angeles with her sisters. The video attracts millions of views in a single day. She is interrupted just before deleting the video, and an Internet-obsessed Kimber uploads it onto YouTube. She disguises herself by calling herself "Jem", her late father Emmett's nickname for her. She vents her emotions by recording a song with Kimber's video camera. Jerrica learns one day that, due to Aunt Bailey's financial problems, their house will be auctioned. The four girls frequently videotape themselves playing music and wearing colorful '80s outfits just for fun, but Jerrica is too shy to sing on camera.
Jerrica Benton and her younger sister Kimber live with their Aunt Bailey and two foster sisters, Aja and Shana. It received negative reviews from critics and was panned by fans of the original animated series. The film severely underperformed expectations, grossing just $2 million worldwide on a $5 million budget. Jem and the Holograms was theatrically released on October 23, 2015, by Universal Pictures. He had attempted to make the film 11 years earlier, but was rejected by Universal due to the cost.
Chu's interest in developing a film adaptation of Jem is based on having grown up watching the original series with his sisters. Chu, written by Ryan Landels, and starring Aubrey Peeples (as the title character), Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, Aurora Perrineau, Ryan Guzman, Molly Ringwald and Juliette Lewis.īorrowing elements from Christy Marx's 1980s animated television series Jem, the film was produced by Allspark Pictures (a subsidiary of Hasbro Studios) and Blumhouse Productions. The robotic invention 51N3RG.Y (pronounced synergy) created by her father begins functioning and motivates her to repair relations with her bandmates.Jem and the Holograms is a 2015 American musical drama film produced and directed by Jon M. They begin touring and performing until, in order to save her family home, Jem gets an advance from Erica which binds her to a solo contract to the dismay of her sisters. She becomes an internet sensation and they are snapped up by LA music producer Erica Raymond (Juliette Lewis). Encouraged by the words of her deceased inventor father, Jerrica creates a music video which is, unbeknownst to her, uploaded to the internet by her sisters under the name 'Jem'. The story follows aspiring musician Jerrica Benton (Aubrey Peeples) and her three sisters Kimber (Stefanie Scott), Shana (Aurora Perrineau) and Aja (Hayley Kiyoko) who form the band Jem and the Holograms.
Chu and based on the 1980s animated series. As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden.
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