To pull off the kind of cartoony action needed to bring The Mask to life they would have to rely heavily on CG effects, most of which hadn’t yet been invented yet. The project made its way through several director’s hands before ending up with Chuck Russell ( The Blob ’88, A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors) who, wanted a lighter tone than the dark and violent comic books. With Warner Bros.’ success with Batman (1989), New Line Cinema smelled the money and sought out comic book material to adapt and ended up securing the rights to the Dark Horse comic series, The Mask. After Ace Ventura was released it seemed Canada’s newest favorite son was finally in his element and for any doubters, his stature as the new face of comedy was all but cemented in the second of this three box office conquests: The Mask. The Screen Was just to small to hold a man as zany as he. Up until this point Jim was a familiar face on the small screen, as part of the ensemble that was In Living Color where his unique brand of comedy was get him noticed, he was never quite able to break out from the shadow of his talented cast mates. Not only taking his first solo steps into the bitter sweet spotlight he managed to accomplish something no other actor had managed to do and star in three films that reached number one at the American box office. 1994 was a pivotal year for big screen comedies and Jim Carrey was a major part of that.
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