After the release of a great film, it seems natural to us now that they’d want to make another. But this was not always the case. Now that Hollywood seems to almost compulsively turn successful films into franchises, reboots, and cinematic universes, are there good reasons to keep making sequels?
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Kira Bindrim is the host of the Quartz Obsession podcast. She is an executive editor who works on global newsroom coverage and email products. She is obsessed with reading and reality TV.
Adario Strange is a reporter at Quartz covering media and entertainment. He is obsessed with VR, AR, and real life as science fiction.
The 2021 Dune film is a reboot of the 1984 film
High-grossing sequels (Adario’s answers in the game):
Low-grossing sequels (Kira’s answers in the game):
The Fall of a Nation (1916), considered the first sequel, was the follow-up to the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation
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16mm Film Reel by bone666138
superhero theme by humanoide9000
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