Despite a decade year of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theatres; the director and the producer of the movie had no choice but to go back to the drawing board.

Conventional expression helps in choosing the correct idioms to complete the sentence.

For the given sentence, 'go back to the drawing board' is more appropriate.

Despite a decade year of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theatres; the director and the producer of the movie had no choice but to go back to the drawing board.

The sentence is correct as it uses the phrase "go back to the drawing board," an idiom that means to reevaluate one’s approach to a project after experiencing setbacks. In this context, the phrase communicates that the director and producer must reassess their strategy for the movie to improve its chances of success.

No change

Despite a decade year of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theatres; the director and the producer of the movie had no choice but to go back to the drawing board.

The sentence is incorrect due to the use of "go back to the drawing room," which is not a common English idiom. The term "drawing room" typically refers to a formal sitting room for entertaining guests, not for planning. Using the phrase to mean reevaluating or revising plans could lead to confusion.

go back to the drawing room

Despite a decade year of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theatres; the director and the producer of the movie had no choice but to go back to the drawing board.

The sentence is incorrect according to conventional expression because the standard idiom is "go back to the drawing board," not "go back into the drawing room."

go back into the drawing room

Despite a decade year of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theatres; the director and the producer of the movie had no choice but to go back to the drawing board.

The sentence is incorrect according to conventional expression. The standard and widely accepted idiom is "go back to the drawing board," not "go back on the drawing board."

go back on the drawing board.

Correct sentence

Despite a decade year of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theatres; the director and the producer of the movie had no choice but to go back to the drawing board.

Option

A

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