Air Jordan shoes, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Beanie Babies, Tetris. You could be forgiven for thinking lately that Hollywood is obsessed with making origin story movies about products.
While it might seem like a new phenomenon, it’s really a continuation of something that is all too common for the big studios — leveraging existing IP rather than taking a chance on an original idea.
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