Hollywood has demonstrated time and again that studios will stop at nothing to construct a franchise around a successful film. If an idea works, it’s frivolous to waste time and effort trying to make something novel. It’s much easier to explore new avenues within a pre-existing story than to create a new one altogether. Thus, the industry typically pours its resources into these projects. Unsurprisingly, many movie sequels coming in 2025 boast the highest budgets of any other titles.

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