This film has no credited director. No, this hasn’t
confirmed everyone’s suspicions that computers are now making films all on
their own, nor is this a situation where the director disowned the production
for one reason or another. In reality, it seems like the production disowned
the director, citing "multiple complains of 'inappropriate and unwanted
behaviour'" for him being fired in January 2018, after the majority of the film
was already completed. While someone with Weinstein tendencies helming a
children’s film is dicey to say the least, I will give some credit to Paramount
and Nickelodeon for booting his credit from the film, while still releasing it
so everyone else’s hard work didn’t go to waste. It also helps that this film
is certainly better than I would’ve expected from that kind of production
drama.
