What is killing Hollywood is the cost of making films is so great, that they are afraid to fail. So they stick to old formulas and do remakes. People forget Star Wars was originally shunned by the studios because scifi was for a niche market. George Lucas wanted to begin with Episode 1 and make it a epic along the line of many Asian films he saw when he was in Japan. Unfortunately, the studios will fund the project if it starts with Episode 4 because the plot had more action and battles. The sequels were modified to market action figures and etc (Three feet tall Ewoks with stone age weapons can defeat hitech Imperial Stormtroopers - argh!!!). They basically ruined the tone and concept for a good nine film epic.