Sometimes, it’s the only way to extend a franchise...
The name of the game in Hollywood is extending a successful franchise by any means necessary. If you can make a sequel, make a sequel. If you can’t make a sequel, do a prequel. If a prequel doesn’t make sense, remake the first movie. And then if the remake is a hit ... make a sequel to the remake. And on and on and on.
While remakes are widely regarded as a debased artistic pursuit, the reality is if people stopped paying to watch them studios would stop making them. In fact, despite their bad reputation, many remakes are quite successful — and a few have proven to be even bigger hits than the movies that inspired them. In a couple rare situations, the remake franchise has superseded the original in the minds of many viewers. of their own.
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