🧙‍♂️ The Pagemaster (1994)

Genre

Live-action / animation, fantasy adventure

Director

Joe Johnston (live-action) and Pixote Hunt (animation)

Plot

Richard Tyler, a fearful boy who leans on statistics to avoid risk, is caught in a storm and takes refuge in a library. He ends up transported into a magical book world, where he must face challenges drawn from classic literature (Adventure, Fantasy, Horror) in order to find his way back. Along the way he learns courage and imagination.

Starring / Voice Ccast:

Reception & Box Office

The film had a budget of about $34 million but grossed ~$13.7 million in the U.S. Critics were largely negative (e.g. ~19 % on Rotten Tomatoes). However, audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an “A−” rating. Amazon Prime has more than 10,000 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Game Adaptation

There was a video game tie-in released in 1994 for SNES, Genesis (Mega Drive), and Game Boy.
The game is a platformer in which Richard navigates through genre-themed levels (e.g. horror, fantasy, adventure)