Filmgoers are lauding the game-basedA Minecraft Movieand the original thrillerSinners a veritable feast of video games and vampires.
And memories are short.
A few critics threw up their hands until Tom Cruise promised to seeOppenheimerandBarbieback to back.
‘A Minecraft Movie,’ ‘Sinners ‘Warner Bros.
Even Scorsese lent his endorsement.
The Coyote had vanished into the pink cloud of Barbiedom.
ApplesF1, a car racing movie starring Brad Pitt, represents Apples biggest bet on an original.
Its written by Joseph Kosinski and Ehren Kruger.
Warner Bros. will also release a Paul Thomas Anderson film; Hes a filmmaker who has always preferred originals.
But Kantor wrote it in blank verse little help for the script.
Five decades ago Paramount paid Erich Segal to novelize his weepie, an original script titledLove Story.
Paramount then wrote another check to Mario Puzo to complete the final 60 pages ofThe Godfather.
Both achieved instant perches atop bestseller lists.
Originals of the 1960s had their own exotic sources.
Peter Fonda struggled through half a draft ofEasy Riderbut begged his friend Terry Southern to finish it.
Southern knew he had a skill for writing stoner movies (Blue MovieandCandy).
Indeed, the concept of a possible Ridenheimer double feature would take decades to nurture.
