Many of us remember growing up and we all had favorite movies, some of us animation classics like The Lion King, and others like I remember Sci-Fi films, such as many peoples' favorite Star Wars saga. Lucasfilms recently reissued the "Phantom Menace" in 3D which gave a healthy gross of around $43.5 million. Lucasfilms recently released that they will be releasing into theaters "Star Wars: Attack of The Clones" and "Revenge of The Sith" in 2013, in 3 week encraments. By doing this Lucasfilms hopes to create a fan filled atmosphere in that time and will double as a successfull marketing strategy. It is believed that even after that the remaining three movies will be reissued in a six week time period.
Growing up Star Wars was my all time favorite movie saga, I saw every Star Wars movie as one package and thats why I loved the story so much. This article just excited me because it will bring back old favorites in a new way to view them. I loved each movie and I assume that many others do as well, this may be a great event for all Star Wars fans such as myself who grew up with those movies.
This event may impact me as a filmmaker because of the fact that it can revive old favorites into a newer generation who may fall in love with the old saga. This strategy could be used by other filmmakers to revive old favorites. Recently announced was the release of the remake of the old war classic "Red Dawn" which may give clue to maybe many other filmakers deciding in doing remakes and re-releasing old classics into new blood.
Will many more filmmakers, directors, producers, etc. decide in remaking old classics? I certainly hope so, I honestly haven't been this excited for movies released in such a short length of time in so long. I want to know how many more classics will enter the movie screen in the future.
Full Article at LA Times
