He is given the choice of a lengthy prison sentence should he refuse or a payment of $500,000 for training the team, and reluctantly agrees to help. Jack finds himself dragged back into the Project, this time as an instructor. General Larraby, the military officer in charge of the Project, decides to form a new Zenith Team to fight him. Ed Grant, the scientist behind the original Zenith Project, discovers that Concussion is making his way back into their dimension. Concussion was believed to have been destroyed by Zoom at the cost of his powers, but was sent into another dimension instead. Thinking Zoom and the team betrayed him, Concussion killed his teammates Marksman, Ace, and Daravia. This made Zoom faster and stronger, but the gamma turned Concussion to the dark side. The American military sought to enhance the team's powers using an experimental form of radiation called 'Gamma-13'. Zoom was released on DVD on Februby Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.ĭecades prior to the start of the film, the Zenith team are five young superheroes who fought to protect the world from evil, led by Jack Shepard ('Captain Zoom') and his older brother Connor Shepard ('Concussion'). Zoom was nominated for one Razzie Award, Worst Actor for Tim Allen (also nominated for The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and The Shaggy Dog), but he lost to the Wayans brothers Marlon and Shawn Wayans for Little Man (which was also produced by Revolution Studios). The film was severely panned by critics and was a box office bomb, earning $12.5 million on a $75 million budget. It was theatrically released on Augby Columbia Pictures. It was written by Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum. based upon the children's book Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy by Jason Lethcoe, the film stars Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Ryan Newman, Kate Mara, Spencer Breslin, Michael Cassidy, Kevin Zegers, and Rip Torn.

Zoom (also known as Zoom: Academy for Superheroes) is a 2006 American family superhero adventure comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.

Zoom the superhero