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Executives see a downward trend in ratings and theatre attendance. Rather than recognizing it’s a general shift in viewership habits from television to the Internet or acknowledging that streaming is a Pandora’s box that they decided to open and can’t close even if they want to, they blame the new programming and films for not being the golden goose miracle IP that’s supposed to turn the fortunes of their respective studios and networks around. Thus, rely on the power of pre existing IPs. Both because they have established reputation and have already been marketed, and maybe more cynically, as a desperate attempt to lure
older fans of those properties back in with nostalgia bait.