These days it seems like every new movie is either a reboot, a sequel or a prequel to a smash hit from long ago.
Someone who is sick to death of sequels being made for the sake of it is superstar director Steven Spielberg, who reveals he fought tooth and nail to prevent an 'ET 2' being made.
“That was a real hard-fought victory because I didn't have any rights," the director told The Hollywood Reporter in a new interview.
“Before ET, I had some rights, but I didn't have a lot of rights. I didn't have what we call 'the freeze,' where you can stop the studio from making a sequel because you control the freeze on sequels, remakes, and other ancillary uses of the IP. I didn't have that. I got it after ET because of its success."
Steven Spielberg says that his efforts to prevent a sequel to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial influenced his decision to secure “freeze” rights on his future projects. https://t.co/B3kTebNXGF
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 27, 2025
The sci-fi family classic, which starred Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas, became a cultural phenomenon, winning four Academy Awards and was the highest-grossing film of 1982.
If it’s one of your favourites, you can rest easy knowing it’s not going to the get the dodgey sequel treatment!
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