• zebidiah@lemmy.ca
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      4 days ago

      but that excuse doesnt hold water either, why spend money on a remake when you can make money on a quick and easy and CHEAP remaster/re-release without any effort or inevitable backlash around casting choices

      • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        Remasters rarely make money.

        The Blu-ray remaster of Star Trek (can’t remember which series) lost money.

        No one would buy a re-release of a decade old Harry Potter film.

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          Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was 2001, 25 years ago. Deathly Hallows was 2011, 15 years ago.