🎧 Greenlight Like It’s 1985
'Spaceballs'? 'St. Elmo’s Fire'? Eyes roll as Hollywood falls for reboots drawn from a certain decade
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What’s the one common trait across every studio executive with greenlight power? They’re all old enough to remember the launch of the first Mac. And what they give the go-aheads to on their film slates shows it (looking at you, St. Elmo’s Fire sequel). Sean McNulty, Elaine Low and Richard Rushfield break down what remake fever means to the box office, why Paramount and AMC stocks are the opposite of Nvidia, and how showrunners have adapted to the world of brand-building.
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