8 Actors Whose Upcoming Movies Could End Their Careers
6. Goosebumps - Jack Black
Jack Black has been struggling with his career for a good number of years now. A shame, given that back in the early 2000s he was mixing things up and showing himself to be a versatile actor, switching between comedy ventures such as School of Rock, and more serious dramatic fare such as Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong. Now Jack is taking the role in a lead movie once more - and it's a big role. That's to say, the Tenacious D singer will find himself positioned as author R.L. Stine in the upcoming Goosebumps movie - a sort of meta-horror adaptation flick, which will see Black going up against a bunch of monsters featured in the famous book series of the same name. Black hasn't seen himself at the helm of an $85 million dollar movie for a long time, which means Hollywood will be paying close attention to whether or not the star of Shallow Hal and Kung Fu Panda can still pull in the punters. Watch Black's career dwindle and die if Goosebumps turns out to be a colossal failure - or if his performance is particularly bad.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.