There's a story about the suggested sequel to the gladiator that has Maximus traveling through fucking time. The reason that movie was pitched was because the director and the writer specifically did not want to make that movie. But the contract for the Gladiator required a multiple movie deal if it was successful. So they pitched the craziest shit imaginable and the studio let them out of the contact.
A lot of movies are made this away. Original IP doesn't get picked up unless a studio thinks they can milk it.
So they have to game their contracts to not be forcefully made to milk a franchise. Sounds like a lovely industry. Maybe it should be torn down and a wave of small creators and indie studios will revive the golden age of film as art instead of being products to milk.
I say this with the utmost respect to "the industry": If all you have is a shitty moneygrab sequel or reboot "or nothing," make nothing. Get back to the goddamn writer's room, take a walk to your local comic shop and look for something creator owned that hasn't been adapted if you have to, there's plenty good shit, worked for Invincible, but for "Bob's" sake stooooop with the bullshit.
Not that it matters to me, I gave up on them in about 2010, and they'd have to pay me to watch their garbage now.
