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Needless to say, my excitement here outweighed my worry. That this remake would be helmed by Peter Jackson, – who had just completed the incredible Lord of the Rings trilogy – certainly seemed to be a step in the right direction. Were they just hoping to cash in on the love of the original – much as the less than impressive 1976 King Kong version tried to do – or would we finally get a film that would be worthy of fans of the original, as well as something to excite new audiences. When I heard they were remaking King Kong I was both excited and worried. Both movies were based on classic Greek mythology so it wasn’t like they had to worry about being sued by the original author, but by naming it the same as the older version they got a free ride on the nostalgia train.
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With much of a film’s budget actually going into marketing, and not the actual production, name recognition is one of the cheapest marketing elements, “ Remember that film you loved as a kid? Well, here it is again only bigger and better than before.” The 2010 Clash of the Titans is a perfect example of this, that movie had hardly anything in common with the 1981 version other than its name. Audiences are being constantly bombarded by remakes of older popular films – only if their current hot franchises have run out of sequel steam – and with cost of making movies today it it is no surprise that Hollywood likes to play it safe and go with what people have liked in the past. That adage has never been truer than it is today.