TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 days ago‘Wicked’ Sequels Being Figured Out at Universal Pictures: ‘Things Are Underway’ to See How ‘We Can Continue in This Universe’variety.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up156
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minus-squareFlamekebab@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoMmm, feel that creativity. There’s money to be made so sequels need to be “figured out”. Or you could just make films when you have stories to tell? No? Well I guess that’s why I don’t have a private jet.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoC’mon…! You’re trying to tell me the whole reason that Tolkien wrote The Hobbit wasn’t to jumpstart the Middle Earth Extended Universe?!?1? P’shaw! I say!
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoIt actually was. He started Lord of the rings but no publishers wanted to buy it so he wrote the Hobbit as it was shorter and aimed at children so it would be easier to sell and act as a foot in the door to the other books.
Mmm, feel that creativity. There’s money to be made so sequels need to be “figured out”. Or you could just make films when you have stories to tell?
No? Well I guess that’s why I don’t have a private jet.
C’mon…! You’re trying to tell me the whole reason that Tolkien wrote The Hobbit wasn’t to jumpstart the Middle Earth Extended Universe?!?1?
P’shaw! I say!
It actually was. He started Lord of the rings but no publishers wanted to buy it so he wrote the Hobbit as it was shorter and aimed at children so it would be easier to sell and act as a foot in the door to the other books.