Right now, it's not just the Millennials yearning for the old days. Y2K has become fun and trendy again with Gen Z, too. I know my FYP is full of those Norah Jones slideshows and callbacks to the "Global Village Coffeehouse" aesthetic (which was an earthy design movement from the late 1980s to early 2000s). Let me know if you see those, too.This has spilled over, unsurprisingly, into Hollywood in the form of remakes, reboots, and sequels to properties from our childhoods.We're getting titles like Freakier Friday, Princess Diaries 3, Bend It Like Beckham 2, and have already seen new entries in the I Know What You Did Last Summer, Lilo & Stitch, Karate Kid, and Bridget Jones franchises. Nostalgia is nothing new, but how can it help your screenwriting? - YouTube www.youtube.com What These Screenwriters SayIndieWire recently spoke with the creative minds behind The Devil Wears Prada 2 (screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna) and Freakier Friday (screenwriter Jordan Weiss and Elyse Hollander, who co-created the story) to explore how and why these films are important to today's audiences. "It was a combination of legacy producers and millennial executives and a millennial screenwriter, who were all like, 'We either love this movie because we worked on it' or 'we were children when it came out and are obsessed with every part of it,'" said Weiss of Freakier Friday. The perfect storm occurs when nostalgic fans reach positions of power in Hollywood, armed with fond memories and decision-making authority."The desire to do...
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