TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 hours agoPaul Thomas Anderson pushes back on the idea that the industry no longer greenlights original projects, naming his favorites from 2025 as examples: 'Weapons', 'Bugonia', 'Marty Supreme', etc.www.fortressofsolitude.co.zaexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkPaul Thomas Anderson pushes back on the idea that the industry no longer greenlights original projects, naming his favorites from 2025 as examples: 'Weapons', 'Bugonia', 'Marty Supreme', etc.www.fortressofsolitude.co.zaTheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 hours agoMeanwhile at Warners: “HBO needs more doctor/lawyer/cop shows. Oh and let’s rehash Harry Potter while we’re at it.” https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-casey-bloys-warner-bros-sale-harry-potter-timeline-1236586785/ https://deadline.com/2025/12/hbo-max-the-pitt-success-international-harry-potter-1236634341/
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoAnd at Disney: “Let’s recycle our cartoon hits into live action. Then make them a musical. Then make them a musical cartoon.”
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoSadly, that rehashed slop makes WAY more money than original films.
Meanwhile at Warners: “HBO needs more doctor/lawyer/cop shows. Oh and let’s rehash Harry Potter while we’re at it.”
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-casey-bloys-warner-bros-sale-harry-potter-timeline-1236586785/
https://deadline.com/2025/12/hbo-max-the-pitt-success-international-harry-potter-1236634341/
And at Disney: “Let’s recycle our cartoon hits into live action. Then make them a musical. Then make them a musical cartoon.”
Sadly, that rehashed slop makes WAY more money than original films.