In 2014, development on an animated feature by Paramount Animation
called Amusement Park began,
eventually getting its name changed to Wonder
Park. While I had been updated on its development, what got me interested
in seeing this movie was a series of character designs and storyboards for
older versions of it disclosed by two people that worked on it across two
different seminars I had attended, one of which was a character design seminar
hosted by David Colman, referred to internally as “patient zero” due to
remaining on staff the longest through the most director/story changes before
finally leaving (in the final product, he is credited as a Story Artist). When
the film was finally approaching release, the trailers and critic scores didn’t
exactly exude much confidence (not helped by it having a similar run time to
the panned Sherlock Gnomes and The Emoji Movie, that being under 90 minutes),
however I was determined to see it anyway to see how it all turned out. I ended
up liking the movie, though it wasn’t exactly one of the best animated films I
had seen.
