Wonder (Zoom)
''Zoom'' (also known as ''Zoom: Academy for Superheroes'') is a 2006 American superhero film, superhero comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt (director), Peter Hewitt and written by Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum. Based upon the children's book ''Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy'' by Jason Lethcoe, the film stars Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin and Rip Torn. In the film, a former superhero is dragged into training four superpowered youths to become superheroes and combat an approaching threat. Released theatrically on August 11, 2006 by Columbia Pictures, the film was panned by critics and was a box-office bomb, earning $12.5 million on a $75 million budget. ''Zoom'' was nominated for one Golden Raspberry Awards, Razzie Award, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor, Worst Actor for Tim Allen (also nominated for ''The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'' and ''The Shaggy Dog (2006 film), The Shaggy Dog''), but he lost to the Wayans brothers Marlon Wayans ...
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Peter Hewitt (film Director)
Peter Hewitt (born 9 October 1962) is an English film director and writer. Career Upon graduating from the National Film and Television School in 1990, Hewitt flew to the United States with his BAFTA award-winning short film, ''The Candy Show'', in hand. Once there, he called executives from major Hollywood studios and asked if he could show them his film. Soon after, he landed an agent and made his feature film directorial debut with ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey''. Although not as big a success as the original, ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'', the movie made a profit. He turned to TV next, directing the first two hours of the miniseries ''Wild Palms''. He directed Disney's ''Tom and Huck'' in 1995 which was based on Mark Twain's ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer''. Hewitt returned to the U.K. to film ''The Borrowers'', loosely based on a children's novel by Mary Norton of the same name. He remained in England to helm ''Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?'' (1999), then trie ...
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