Megamind 2 Budget Update Confirms Fans' Worst Fears

New information about Megamind 2’s production explains recent fan backlash.

There’s a reason whyMegamind 2is generating so much criticism among fans.

Yeah, that was a very interesting experience a very challenging experience to be able to do that.

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But one that I knew that I was up for.

Part of what drew me to this project was the idea that I got to make a movie.

So, I knew we were going to be able to figure it out.

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It was all kind of constructed within a TV animation pipeline.

But that said, I knew that we needed to make this thing cinematic and feel sort of epic.

And Im so proud of what we were able to pull off with a really minuscule budget."

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I think it really feels like a movie.

And the series carries that feeling.

This kind of cinematic quality doesnt stop with the movie.

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It carries all the way through the series."

So having all that knowledge is really crucial in terms of informing the teams what we need.

Sometimes people come into these things without knowing the full picture.

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It was really my job to sort of provide context of, ‘Heres where we are now.

Heres where were going.

Heres what has to happen here, here, and here, and this is why.’

And its all this sort of compartmentalized information that you dole out.

And thats how you do it."

But in this case, it’s baffling.

Why order two projects if the studio doesn’t deem one worthy of attention or a workable budget?

Megamind 2is equally disappointing given the current cinematic circumstances.

Megamind vs. the Doom SyndicateandMegamind Rules!are streaming now on Peacock.