It is no secret that Hollywood is notoriously unoriginal, Every time Disney has had a slew of successful animated movies some rival company (Dreamworks, Don Bluth) have risen to compete, When Star Wars first came out Hollywood responded with a whole slew of high budget fantasy and science-fiction blockbuster films, When Harry Potter was big we had nothing but wizards, When Twilight was successful there was nothing but vampires, With the MCU big right now all we're hearing from big studios is 'cinematic universes'.
I think we may be on the verge of another Hollywood trend.
Last year Guardians of the Galaxy $ 774,200,000 at the box office and became the third highest grossing film of 2014. The new Star Wars movie is already selling out ticket sales and is set to make a massive amount at the box office with Rogue One: A Tale of Star Wars, due to come out next year.
I believe that we are standing on the brink of a retro-space adventure craze. If Star Wars makes as much money as it's supposed to studios will immediately start trying to create their own space adventure franchises, either original or adapting existing properties like Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. As well as greenlighting existed projects that have stuck in development like the Spierig Brother's Captain Blood remake in space.
I'm oddly excited.
I like space adventure films and even if this new craze doesn't hit it all out of the ball park there will certainly be a few enjoyable movies in the years to come.
What do you think? Am I right? Am I off my rocker? What are some space adventure properites you'd like to see get made into movies? What are some long gestating projects you'd like to see realized?
I think we may be on the verge of another Hollywood trend.
Last year Guardians of the Galaxy $ 774,200,000 at the box office and became the third highest grossing film of 2014. The new Star Wars movie is already selling out ticket sales and is set to make a massive amount at the box office with Rogue One: A Tale of Star Wars, due to come out next year.
I believe that we are standing on the brink of a retro-space adventure craze. If Star Wars makes as much money as it's supposed to studios will immediately start trying to create their own space adventure franchises, either original or adapting existing properties like Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. As well as greenlighting existed projects that have stuck in development like the Spierig Brother's Captain Blood remake in space.
I'm oddly excited.
I like space adventure films and even if this new craze doesn't hit it all out of the ball park there will certainly be a few enjoyable movies in the years to come.
What do you think? Am I right? Am I off my rocker? What are some space adventure properites you'd like to see get made into movies? What are some long gestating projects you'd like to see realized?
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