Sequels Get Last Laugh ; No Matter How Bad, They Always Make Money
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 21, 2006
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See that pile of money on the floor? There's $100 million there. All you have to do is pick it up.
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Sequels Get Last Laugh ; No Matter How Bad, They Always Make Money
Of course you are.
And that's why there'll always be sequels. The money is too easy. You can distill the charm out of the original, suffocate what was special about it, use its least relevant cast members for peanuts, lowball every production decision, and ride that sucker straight to the bank, laughing all the way.Whether a sequel out-earns its progenitor (the second "Ice Age" did; "Ocean's Twelve" didn't) is not the point: The point is,...See the full content of this document
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