Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Rewatchables
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

No; ten hours would dilute the movie's moments, though someone will eventually try, probably updated to the present

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  • The instinct would be fury at Netflix remaking it as a ten-episode show, but the next question would be who is doing it, and the right names could suck a viewer in; after fifty years a remake seems allowed, and the pitch is written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
  • The problem would be the movie itself: even with ten hours of material, people would wait for the movie moments and feel them diluted, the same problem as The Godfather, since nobody can disassociate from what is ingrained; someone will find a way, there is no sanctity, Harley Davidson already did it, and it would have to be updated to 2019, perhaps as two hackers.
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