What’s with all the cartoon films being made into films?

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Just seen they are doing a Hunchback of Notre Dame remake.

There are so many old films that are suddenly being redone and I wonder why.

I’ve even seen a How To Train Your Dragon remake

No new ideas? In fairness, I don't mind a How to Train Your Dragon remake as the films bore absolutely zero resemblance to the books.

Hollywood have run out of ideas.
Anything Disney/Dreamworks/Pixar can sell buckets of merchandise for ££££££££££.

The Disney ones have had to be remade to keep the copyright on them I think.

I've heard it is to protect the copyright of the films. When a movie gets old it becomes a free for all to reproduce it, so they make a new version.

I loved the films but I’ve never read the books.

I guess the copyright thing makes sense

Exactly this. Hence Little Mermaid remake etc.

I think a proper tv series of how to train your dragon that is actually based on the books in a meaningful way would be fantastic.

Sadly, the live action film remake will be shit. I know this because they cast someone as Astrid.

So not based in any way on the books then. And toothless won’t be tiny and hilariously badly behaved. Alas.

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Lack of ideas and greed

Rats 🙁