The Real Reason Another <em>Space Jam</em> Movie Exists
The new film starring LeBron James is a blatant attempt by Warner Bros. to be as beloved and recognized as Disney.
Crucial to the upcoming family film Space Jam: A New is the premise that the historic Warner Bros. studios are built atop a supercomputer that algorithmically decides what movies should be made next. That detail is presented as a hilarious bit of sci-fi, but it also comes across as a guilty admission of the truth—that corporate cinema these days isn’t so much written as it is generated by passionless machines that recycle and smash together bits of intellectual property.
