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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
The need for remakes is that in the current Hollywood talent pool there is zip who can come up with something that is original, or if they can then the studios are so averse to trying something new they want stuff they can make cheap, suck you in on marketing and be garunteed to make a profit.
Originality = risk and risk does not equal big hollywood studios.
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Very true, besides the cost argument. The studios don't go on a small budget when they remake successful movies. It may be cheaper to pay royalties to the original creators than to write a whole new script, but the other costs tend to margin this sum.
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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
It may be a remake, but its the Coen brothers, so it certainly will not be boring.
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That is one of my hopes too. As they have made a very good neo-western with "No Country For Old Men".
In fact I am delighted that Hollywood makes a new Western film, it wasn't the most popular genre in the last few years. The last ones I remember were "The Alamo" and the "Assassination of Jesse James", both had no big commercial success. I am hoping for a Western revival with some fresh ideas, like they did in the Zombie genre.
