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The Sci-Fi Box Office Flop That Derailed The Career Of Star Trek's Jonathan Frakes
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scrn loglineStar Trek alum Jonathan Frakes' directing dreams were shattered by the disastrous 2004 sci-fi flop that sidelined his Hollywood career.beat sheet- Frakes, known for playing Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, directed the big-screen adaptation of the cult TV show Thunderbirds, which flopped hard at the box office, earning just $6.9 million on a $57 million budget.
- The failure of Thunderbirds effectively ended Frakes' directing career, with the actor-turned-director landing only a handful of TV gigs in the years since the 2004 debacle, a far cry from his post-Trek directing glory days on hits like First Contact and Insurrection.
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The Sci-Fi Box Office Flop That Derailed The Career Of Star Trek's Jonathan Frakes
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
scrn logline
Star Trek alum Jonathan Frakes' directing dreams were shattered by the disastrous 2004 sci-fi flop that sidelined his Hollywood career.
beat sheet
- Frakes, known for playing Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, directed the big-screen adaptation of the cult TV show Thunderbirds, which flopped hard at the box office, earning just $6.9 million on a $57 million budget.
- The failure of Thunderbirds effectively ended Frakes' directing career, with the actor-turned-director landing only a handful of TV gigs in the years since the 2004 debacle, a far cry from his post-Trek directing glory days on hits like First Contact and Insurrection.
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Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek, Thunderbirds