Am I just becoming more cynical or does it feel more and more like movies are just being made as licenses to print money as time goes by?
Movies cost so much nowadays that Hollywood isn't willing to take chances for shit anymore. If they can't see it becoming a mega franchise or it it's too original an idea they will pass on it. They'd rather pump out shitty remakes hoping we ate enough member berries for them to cash in again.
Fuck, If I had the money I'd bankroll a Dresden Files series. I can totally see that being a huge franchise.
Exactly. I realize I'm not the vast majority of viewers, but as soon as someone tells me that certain actors (Depp firmly among them) are part of a movie, I'm automatically less interested because it tends to become more about them than the actual movie itself. Conversely, you tell me that Cruise is associated with something I was originally meh on? I'm all in.Depp huh? Not all that appealing to me, honestly. I enjoy him in "his" roles and in scripts built for that oddness. But, I'm not sure I'd want it in the HP universe. He's just too "Depp", all the time.
So the latest news is Depp is coming to Fantastic Beasts 2 and he's potentially already made an appearance in one of the trailers?
Sounds like they're attempting to get the hype train rolling full steam.
I'm completely open to this movie. I think it is a universe that lends itself to a bunch of different stories. I'll watch and if it's good i'll release my inner fan boy but if it's not, I can also tolerate some mediocre entertainment. Before all the Marvel stuff, I pretty did that with most movies.