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More proof originality is dead in Hollywood

Its doubtful that all three will actually reach production. Having competing biographical films in development is not a new thing. But usually whatever project moves fastest into production wins and the others fall apart. There is not much interest from the studios to compete for publicity. But also the attached actors usually have no interest in being compared to someone else.
 
Linda made at least 3 movies a week.

As along as all three come out in the same week, it fits with her M.O.
 
23skidoo said:
I mean, no disrespect intended to Olivia Wilde. And I'm sure given the nature of the film her fans are gonna be happy (ditto Kate Hudson and Malin Ackerman in their movies).
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Well, at least one Hollywood tradition is alive and well -- casting biopics with stars who are WAY more attractive than the real-life people they're playing. Linda Lovelace wasn't exactly a beauty, you know.
 
I'm kind of hoping one studio loses the rights and has to continue on, but without using Linda's real name. Sort of what happened on 30 Rock with Jenna's Janis Joplin bio-pic, which lost their rights and had to continue as a "Jackie Jormp Jormp" bio-pic.

As for originality, it's no more dead now than any other time when Hollywood produced two or more movies on similar topics. Like recently with No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits.
 
I had all the proof I needed when Dances with Wolves in Space was released right alongside SAW VI: Another God damn SAW movie.
 
shivkala said:
I'm kind of hoping one studio loses the rights and has to continue on, but without using Linda's real name. Sort of what happened on 30 Rock with Jenna's Janis Joplin bio-pic, which lost their rights and had to continue as a "Jackie Jormp Jormp" bio-pic.

As for originality, it's no more dead now than any other time when Hollywood produced two or more movies on similar topics. Like recently with No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits.
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Presenting the Sandra Shoestring Story.
 
Ya wanna know what convinced me originality was dead in Hollywood?

When 1997 saw the relase of both Dante's Peak and Volcano and 1998 saw the release of Deep Impact and Armageddon.

Bad enough two different studios put out competin' "volcano disaster" movies in the same year, but the next year, two other studios put out "asteroid disaster" movies!
 
I demand proof that orginality was actually alive in Hollywood!!!!!! Its pretty much been a beg, borrow and steal place since its inception.
 
od0_ital said:
Ya wanna know what convinced me originality was dead in Hollywood?

When 1997 saw the relase of both Dante's Peak and Volcano and 1998 saw the release of Deep Impact and Armageddon.

Bad enough two different studios put out competin' "volcano disaster" movies in the same year, but the next year, two other studios put out "asteroid disaster" movies!
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It didn't start there. 1991 saw two Robin Hood movies, while in 1993 and 1994, you had the competing Wyatt Earp movies (Tombstone and, er, Wyatt Earp). Shortly after Oliver Stone's JFK came out, a movie called Ruby covered much of the same ground (oddly, Kevin Costner appeared in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, JFK and Wyatt Earp).

About a decade ago, Baz Lurhman was competing with Oliver Stone (him again) to put out an Alexander The Great movie though once the latter's movie flopped, the studios nixed the former's project.
 
Yep, hardly a new phenomenon:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DuelingMovies

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R14VSM3157830T

http://www.11points.com/Movies/11_Damn_Near_Identical_Movies_That_Were_Released_at_the_Same_Time

Most of those are more recent examples from the past 25 years, most likely due to the ages of the article writers and contributors, but you could no doubt find numerous similar examples from earlier decades, not to mention multiple film remakes of the actual same story from one year to the next.

How many times did a studio find a formula and repeat it time and time again back then? For instance, Doris Day and Rock Hudson romantic comedies or Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney musicals.
 
itisnotlogical said:
I had all the proof I needed when Dances with Wolves in Space was released right alongside SAW VI: Another God damn SAW movie.
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I gather you're referring to the most successful and popular film in history - you know, the one created by the guy who at that time held the record for having produced the previously most successful and popular film in history?

There are many good reasons that these movies do better all over the world than the kind of stuff that's lauded by the fanboise; your criticisms are parochial.
 
^ And what's that old saying about there only being a certain amount of stories anyway? The love story, the quest ... can't remember the rest.

And of course, Dances With Wolves owed nothing to A Man Called Horse!
 
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