Nowadays, it feels like every movie has to be part of a franchise, or based on a book, or an adaptation of some cultural icon. It’s harder and harder to find truly original stories, but they’re there if you look for them. That’s why it’s so interesting when movies start development as part of an existing Intellectual Property, but then get retooled into original movies for one reason or another. For example, District 9 began as a Halo movie, but was later changed into its own story.
Now, a recently-revealed canceled Star Wars movie is getting similarly spun off — in a way that could interrupt a long-held curse for similar projects.
