And yet no one's even thinking about "Green Hornet 2"? Shame! Just kidding. That one was dreadful, and from all accounts this one was okay:
If you're wondering why they're remaking it: so far it has pulled in $437 million. Another $150 million, by Hollywood accounting standards, and it might even make a profit. When you add the sequel money into the mix, though, it should be turn dreadfully unprofitable, so all the people who were promised a slice of the profits won't get anything. Screwing over people in Hollywood may look easy, but it's an art, a true craft.
Speaking of sequels the world is trying out to see, Hollywood Reporter said this last Monday:
A 66% drop does look bad, but when you factor in the marketing write-offs for the Indian subcontinent soft-drink tie-in campaign, you -
No, that's pretty bad. A few days later, MTV news had this:
That's Hollywood: hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent on a second movie nobody wants, because they spent too much money trying to convince people to want the first one.
