“The Exorcist”, “The fatal Weapon”, “Westworld”… Three films in the series – Fox / HBO

This week, begin in the Usa series lethal Weapon and The Exorcist. Yes, the series. They will soon be followed by the debut of Westworld, Frequency and Shooter, not to mention the new seasons of Ash vs. Evil Dead, From Dusk Till Dawn, School of Rock and the projects of adaptation of Infiltrator, Training Day, in Taken, The Mist, etc., This is simple, apart from the size of the screen, the grid of reentry of the chains in the united states looks like the front of a cinema. However, the series are not the new Eldorado hollywood, where there are few original ideas, where the filmmakers find refuge, and freedom ? We would have lied ?

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But don’t play too much of the surprise, or the drama queens, the adaptations of the films in the series have existed for almost as long as television itself. in MASH in the 70s, Highlander the afternoon on the M6, Stargate and its spin-off and even Buffy the vampire slayer. For the anecdote, there are also series Dirty Dancing, Working Girl (with Sandra Bullock !) and Hey mum, here baby ( with George Clooney !!). But the industry seems to be reaching a frenzy, culminating in this season 2016-2017. Editor-in-chief of the mook 100 % series SOAP, Leo Soesanto sees it as ” laziness, creative and cost-effective.”

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A logical catalog

Laziness to be creative, because all of these adaptations, but also making reboots a thing (24, MacGyver), suites (Twin Peaks, in Prison Break) and declinations (Chicago Fire, NCIS), provide information on the current