Get the latest gossip
Peter Bart: Movie Sequels And Prequels, Like Trump Trials, Challenge Patience With Same Old Stories
The Deadline columnist finds the similarities between Hollywood sequels and Donald Trump trials.
Even the succession of Donald Trump trials and litigations, ongoing or “paused,” are unfolding like sequels, with each scheduled “performance” boasting a familiar plot turn (more on that below). Filmgoers understand the realities of the marketplace: The Covid virus followed by the strikes delivered a severe shortfall of product, so studios decided to bet on old brands rather than new “Barbies.” If a movie worked the first time, why wouldn’t it do better the second? The great producer Saul Zaentz labored for years trying to find backing for eventual Oscar winners Amadeus(1984) or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest(1975) but never found funding for his dream project, Man’s Fate by Andre Malraux.
Or read this on Deadline
