Studios don’t care what consumers want, they will keep forcing reboots, remakes, etc. In our eyes

I always make and hear the same pleas from people, “stop the reboots, remakes, remasters, adaptations, etc.” It often seems like the only media we get these days are those that recycle or build on property. Many beloved shows are getting remakes that a very vocal group isn’t happy with powerpuff girlsthe live action The Powerpuff Girls show from The CW. Others are spun off for other audiences Foster’s Home for imaginary friends. These are just two small examples. Does this mean that nobody wants to tell original stories anymore?

I hope you have already figured out that the answer to this question is no. Now, I won’t speak for every artist/creator out there. This is a big generalization that I will make everywhere: artists want and have original stories to tell, executives are too greedy to let them even if they have a good track record.

An example of this is Craig McCracken. This is the brilliant mind behind it The Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for imaginary friendsAnd Cosmic child. It was announced a couple of months ago that she’s been working on projects related to some of his previous work, but that’s not necessarily what he wanted to do. McCracken shared on Twitter that he’s pitched 16 new original projects to Netflix and that they’ve shot down all of them. This is ridiculous to me! Cosmic child it was a crazy show that was on Netflix. The critics (myself included) loved it!

Since nobody really buys originals these days, they just want pre-existing IPs. So after making a couple of those, I’m open to revisiting them.

—Craig McCracken (@CrackMcCraigen) October 16, 2022

I launched 16 originals on Netflix.

—Craig McCracken (@CrackMcCraigen) October 16, 2022

Furthermore, Adam Conover spoke several months ago before the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department about how big corporate mergers are a huge disaster for consumers and artists. I highly recommend watching the entire video, but in short, consumers are paying the same or more for less content and creators have fewer options to sell their projects and are now being paid less. That’s one of the reasons I’m still furious about the Warner/Discovery merger. This is why I wasn’t thrilled about Disney’s acquisition of Fox. As Conover states, all the media we consume is now owned and controlled by about 6 companies.

In a recent article, Variety noted that reboots and spinoffs are among the top trends for entertainment. I’m frustrated with this. I think they like movies Knives out And Everything everywhere all at once become so popular is because they are original ideas and we are hungry for that type of content. I think Jorge R. Gutiérrez (The book of life) summed up perfectly, because we need more original content.

It has never been so difficult to make originals. But Hollywood keeps forgetting that all those sacred and lucrative IPs were once menial and risky, all together now, original. https://t.co/IOgpcymTqs

— Jorge R. Gutiérrez (@mexopolis) October 15, 2022

This is the part where I should come back and share how we might fix the problem. Unfortunately, I’m not sure what can be done unless millions of people accept everyone and then proceed to boycott. Another idea is that creators and artists need to come together and really fight for things to change. A third idea is for someone to start a new studio where these projects can come to life and thrive. These ideas are all highly unrealistic. I think the most realistic solution would be, although I know many won’t like it, to get the government to break the oligopoly. We can sit here and lament how studios need to do better, but as long as the studios make a lot of money from reboots, remakes, etc., the studio won’t care. If you have an idea or realistic thought to actually get studios to support more original projects, share them in the comments below.