What do you think about the hollywood phenomenon of releasing "twin" films? I had a conversation the other day with someone about it and claimed it's actually quite common but unfortunately couldn't really give many examples at the top of my head, so the other person simply scoffed it off.
ITT post examples of "twin" films.
Pic related is the one (and only) that always pops up at the top of my head for some reason.
Despicable me and Megamind
olympus has fallen and white house down
Deep Impact and Armageddon
it's just jews trying to outjew each other
Antz and A Bug's Life
Never Say Never Again and Octopussy.
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Volcano > Dante's Peak
Antz > A Bug's Life
Armageddon > Deep Impact
Toy Story > Small Soldiers
Mirror mirror and Snow white & the Huntsman
I remember liking both as a child with an interest in space.
Any recent examples?
Great additions, guys.
In retrospect Antz and A Bug's Life seems like such an obvious one.
Was just about to post this one.
They're both great movies, despite the reviews.
The two Steve Jobs movies.
Perhaps Rough Night and Girls Trip. They're somewhat similar?
I'm bad with dates, maybe Finding Nemo and Shark Tale?
Small Soldiers and Toy Story only had a similar premise. The execution was completely different.
they have to be released around the same time to count as twins
The Prestige and The Illusionist
Friends With Benefits and No Strings Attached.
>Small Soldiers and Toy Story only had a similar premise. The execution was completely different.
Duh, so did Antz and A Bugs Life
This is the End>The World's End
>Finding Nemo and Shark Tale
2003 and 2004 respectively, I guess the times are close enough to consider both twin films
Interstellar - The Martian
Hercules (2014) - The Legend of Hercules (2014)
The Magnificent Seven - The Hateful Eight - The Ridiculous Six
snatched
fabtastic four - fucktastic five
Churchill / Darkest Hour
John Wick / The Equalizer
More like:
Interstellar /Gravity
Reservoir Dogs - Goodfellas
Event Horizon > Sphere
Star Wars - Star Trek
This happens way too often, I don't understand it, maybe a certain script goes around for a lot of time, then when someone picks it up then another studio race to beat them?
Wonder if there is any good article analyzing this phenomenon.
BvS and Civil War
2001: A Space Odyssey - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Does this count?
How recent is Churchill? I feel like Dunkirk might go better with Darkest Hour.
This ones pretty easy to explain, since they released close to 2012, and there was a lot of buzz about ends of worlds because of a proto-beaner calendar.
The Illusionist and The Prestige.
Why does this happen, is it on purpose? Or are people, in similar environments destined to follow patterns and trends. I wonder how predictable we are.
free advertisement for both movies?
I read once there's a lot to do with really low level corporate espionage, but that's a fairly strong term for fuckers hanging around places trying to gauge what rival studios have greenlit. Rumors spread, leaks happen, scripts getting passed around might get ripped off.
checked, but this sort of thing usually goes unnoticed. Like weirdly unnoticed. Almost like the media tries to forget both movies even exist.
CGI Jungle Book.
Both were filmed at the same time, but the one with Andy Serkis got delayed 2 years after they understood they couldn't release before Disney