Studios greenlight the 14th Spider-Man before they'll touch an original script. Risk-averse IP farming is starving theaters of fresh voices — just look at any box office top 10.
Yes. Studios keep raiding old IP because it feels safer, and every reboot that eats a prime slot is one less risky original story getting a real shot.
Studios are terrified of risking a flop, so they just recycle the same tired franchises. Original scripts are dead because execs only care about cashing in on cheap nostalgia.
Hollywood's hooked on safe IP remakes for easy cash, shoving original stories out of the way like they're afterthoughts.
