>had to compete with spider-man Yes, a much more popular IP-based movie. I understand it's frustrating to accept that the viewing public prefers IP over origi

>had to compete with spider-man Yes, a much more popular IP-based movie. I understand it's frustrating to accept that the viewing public prefers IP over original movies, but it's just true. Studio movies as audiences expect them (and increasingly TV) are just too big and expensive to be the medium in which we workshop new ideas. You'll often get new ideas from blank-check directors, animation, or indie films, but that's it. Now, keep in mind, looking back at some of the greatest movies of all time, good movies were always IP-based, it was just less noticeable: Godfather (book) Gone With the Wind (book) Lawrence of Arabia (book) Wizard of OZ (book) The Graduate (book) West Side Story (Musical) 2001 (An expansion of an existing Arthur Clark Story) I could go on, but you get the point.