At 11:56 PM 04/01/2005 -0500, Erik Lee Nash wrote:
>My God, man...someone recently pointed me in the direction of the
Moviefone website to check out the new Star Wars trailer and while browsing
upcoming titles I was struck by the sheer amount of unoriginal movies
coming out:
>
>Bewitched, The Bad News Bears, The Longest Yard, The Pink Panther, Charlie
and The Chocolate Factory, War of the Worlds, Herbie....!!!
>
>I'm disgusted that Hollywood is churning out this crap and even more
disgusted that people are going to pay to see 'em.
>
>Do writers nowadays just turn on the TV or reach for a DVD for inspiration?
>
>Sorry, I guess this wasn't exactly movie poster related but sheesh, I had
to vent.
>
Remakes and films based on TV shows are almost never
instigated by writers. At least not by working professionals.
A lot of want-to-be-professionals pitch this sort of idea all
of the time, not realizing the difficulties involved. But writers
wouldn't have the rights to the property and couldn't be sure
if anyone could get them. They'd be wasting their time.
Remakes and films-from-TV-series come about from the
fevered brains of studio executives who then hire writers to
bring their ideas forth.
Craig.
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