{"id":6338,"date":"2021-10-27T12:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1481792"},"modified":"2021-10-27T13:35:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T11:35:22","slug":"edgar-wright-says-movie-studios-are-trapped-in-a-death-cycle-of-reboots-and-franchises","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/edgar-wright-says-movie-studios-are-trapped-in-a-death-cycle-of-reboots-and-franchises\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Wright says movie studios are trapped in a \u201cdeath cycle\u201d of reboots and franchises"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 27 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Director Edgar Wright stands out a little in the modern movie marketplace. While he has dipped his toe into the world of adaptations and big superhero franchises (with Scott Pilgrim vs The World and his cancelled Ant-Man movie, later made by Peyton Reed, along with an upcoming version of Stephen King\u2019s The Running Man) his screen CV is populated with largely standalone projects, generated from original ideas rather than existing intellectual property.<\/p>\n

In a world where mainstream movies tend to be tied to this sequence of reboots, sequels and reimaginings, Wright remains something of an oddity. And in a new interview to promote his latest film Last Night in Soho<\/a> (starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy), Wright explained his position on the subject, noting that some studios are trapped in a \u201cdeath cycle\u201d of working from existing movies rather than making new ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s more, when you have the opportunity to do it, you should take it,\u201d Wright told RadioTimes.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not to say I\u2019d never do something based on an existing property, but when these opportunities come up \u2013 like, after Baby Driver, I had the idea for this movie. It\u2019s something I wanted to do. And it\u2019s something I could get made. So it was like, rather than maybe do something that\u2019s a franchise movie, [do something original].<\/p>

\u201cIt always baffles me that studios don\u2019t put more into original film,\u201d he added, \u201cbecause even the biggest franchises were, at one point, an original screenplay.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlien was an original screenplay in 1979. Star Wars was an original screenplay in 1977. The Terminator was an original screenplay in 1984. So I find it strange that so frequently, the studios are on this kind of death cycle, just doing the same things. It\u2019s like, well, why not come up with the new Star Wars or the new Terminator or the new Alien?<\/p>\n

\u201cI never quite understand how that got lost in the wash. But it seems like it did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While Wright acknowledged that some original films are still made, he noted that the filmmakers\u2019 \u201creward\u201d for that was often being given the reins of a large franchise movie, rather than working on another new concept.<\/p>\n

\u201cI worry that there are talented filmmakers coming through that maybe made a great independent film that does really well at festivals or awards, and then get sucked up into the franchise machine, and then you never see them make another original movie,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s sad, because a lot of my favourite filmmakers are people whose careers in original filmmaking I\u2019ve followed for decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, it\u2019s tough to get an original movie off the ground,\u201d he concluded. \u201cI\u2019m lucky in that I\u2019ve made enough movies that people will take a gamble on an original screenplay that I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n