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Originally Posted by Roger Rambo
It's like there's something schizophrenic about how Hollywood operates nowadays. The executives seem to think that they absolutely need to make everything a remake or an adaption in preproduction, but when they actually go to the meat of actually making a movie they suddenly seem to remember that the original brand recognition is irrelevant.
I think I can say as a somewhat logical human being (as opposed to an anime fanboy) that what they're doing doesn't make any sense.
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Same as superhero movies? When one became a success, other studios tried to follow on the momentum. When Batman, Spiderman, Superman and X-men were covered they went on to the B and C list heroes. I doubt Iron Man or Thor had a massive following before those became movies.
Transformers has been a hit, so now Hollywood execs are looking at other robot IPs they can scavenge.
Original stories are hard to find. It's probably easier just to rework something existing and proven to suit one's needs.