Space Jam 2 ... Why?

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Warner Brothers owns a lot of properties... but did they have to show that?

Space Jam: A New Legacy hit HBO Max to plenty of fanfare. But why is a film from 1996 being updated today, and why is it only one in a massive sea of reboots, remakes and sequels? It has everything to do with nostalgia, and how Hollywood peddles in that nostalgia. We'll explain in this Wisecrack Edition on Space Jam: Why Nostalgia Rules Hollywood.

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00:00 Intro
02:55 The Space Jam Movies
05:08 Existing IP and Nostalgia
07:14 What is Nostalgia?
08:07 Obsession with the Past
10:07 “Regressive” Nostalgia
11:29 Capitalizing on Existing IP
13:36 Nostalgia and the Future
16:31 Conclusion

Written by Ross McIndoe
Hosted by Michael Burns
Directed by Elizabeth Yarwood
Edited by Mark Potts
Video Title Card by Amanda Murphy
Produced by Evan Yee

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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