I'm really hopeful that by the end of the decade, we'll have a boom of new big ideas (and in turn, new IP) Sooner or later, we're gonna run out of things to turn into legacy sequels/reboots. I think of all the IPs as being in this giant bucket that we've been taking and taking and taking from without putting anything new in. On a larger scale this has always concerned me because I ask myself "what will 2010s kids have to be nostalgic about?" I'm a 2000s kid and it already feels like most of the things I have nostalgia for are just things my parents liked. That said, I don't necessarily hope for new IP just so it can be ran through the nostalgia machine in 30 years, but that TYPE of new movie that people can fall in love with has been sorely absent. I so badly want for this generation to have their own Indiana Jones or Back to the Future, because like you said, at some point those were just original high concept ideas and that's why they became successful IP. And I really really really hope that once Hollywood is finally done trying to resuscitate the bottom of the barrel table scraps, they'll be forced to embrace all the wacky new big ideas that I know are floating around.
I think you’re totally right about the need for new iconic brands and characters, and I’d hope that what studios come to recognize is that taking a risk on something new is almost always cheaper than taking a swing on some pre-existing material. Maybe a move towards original ideas would allow for some much needed “portfolio diversification” to put it in terms the C-Suite might like. People want new movies!!
I'm really hopeful that by the end of the decade, we'll have a boom of new big ideas (and in turn, new IP) Sooner or later, we're gonna run out of things to turn into legacy sequels/reboots. I think of all the IPs as being in this giant bucket that we've been taking and taking and taking from without putting anything new in. On a larger scale this has always concerned me because I ask myself "what will 2010s kids have to be nostalgic about?" I'm a 2000s kid and it already feels like most of the things I have nostalgia for are just things my parents liked. That said, I don't necessarily hope for new IP just so it can be ran through the nostalgia machine in 30 years, but that TYPE of new movie that people can fall in love with has been sorely absent. I so badly want for this generation to have their own Indiana Jones or Back to the Future, because like you said, at some point those were just original high concept ideas and that's why they became successful IP. And I really really really hope that once Hollywood is finally done trying to resuscitate the bottom of the barrel table scraps, they'll be forced to embrace all the wacky new big ideas that I know are floating around.
I think you’re totally right about the need for new iconic brands and characters, and I’d hope that what studios come to recognize is that taking a risk on something new is almost always cheaper than taking a swing on some pre-existing material. Maybe a move towards original ideas would allow for some much needed “portfolio diversification” to put it in terms the C-Suite might like. People want new movies!!