Does JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS First Trailer And Poster Live Up To Original TV Series?

Photo Credit: Justina Mintz / Universal Pictures © 2015 Universal Pictures. (Left to right) HAYLEY KIYOKO as Aja, AUBREY PEEPLES as Jem and STEFANIE SCOTT as Kimber.

Hitting theaters on October 23rd is the musical adventure JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS from director Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation).

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer and judging by social media, fans of the original iconic Hasbro animated TV series are disappointed.

See the reaction on the film’s Facebook page here. Comments on YouTube range from:

“Um???? Where are the actual Holograms???? Like that’s a pretty big part of the movie???”

“This pays no homage to the original anime series,” “No Misfits? No Starlight House? No Starlight Girls? No Synergy? I can’t be more underwhelmed.”

As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden.

In JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS, four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm when they see that the key to creating your own destiny lies in finding your own voice.

The movie stars Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Ryan Guzman, Molly Ringwald and Juliette Lewis.

It is written by Ryan Landels and produced by Chu, Jason Blum for Blumhouse Productions, Scooter Braun for SB Projects, Bennett Schneir, and Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis of Hasbro Studios.

Visit the film’s official site: jemthemovie.com