• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Basically that’s what they did with Ocean’s 11. The original Frank Sinatra version was shit. But it was a good idea, a crew of super cool dudes get together to rob a casino.

    They remade it and it was very successful.

    The Thing has a similar origin.

    But it’s rare things like that happen because Hollywood execs usually need an existing property with good numbers to greenlight a movie.

    • Rusty@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      For a second I thought you were trying to say that The Thing (2011) is a better remake of The Thing (1982), but then I remembered that 1951 version exists.