Film Twins: Movie Fans Get to the Bottom of Hollywood Phenomena
We've all seen the coincidences, or fallen prey to their confusion. You may have been in a movie [...]
Has this ever happened to you?
prevnextIt's always hilarious when hollywood makes the exact same movie in the same year (a thread)- 2011 pic.twitter.com/ij5x3xJ9Tc
— Kris (@KrisTosAplSauce) April 13, 2020
One of them deserved a sequel and one of them got two
prevnextWhite House Down is such a better movie. That's the one that should have had 4 sequels.
— Tom (@a20261) April 13, 2020
Sometimes Film Twins truly bless us
prevnextBoth of these movies are great and we should be grateful we got them both.
— DearJannicee (@PolishedDreamer) April 13, 2020
There's not always a victor either
prevnextWhat surprises me about this one is they both did pretty well. Garnered good buzz, generally favorable reviews. Probably because one was in theaters and the other Netflix. Usually in a head to head battle, one must cede to the other.
— Miss Two Sense (@misstwosense) April 13, 2020
1989 was HUGE for underwater movies
Quadruple. pic.twitter.com/kPQHaBjdnK
— Eric Reese (@reeseer1) April 13, 2020
It's worth noting that there are in fact SIX underwater thrillers from 1989 including the aforementioned Leviathan, DeepStar Six, The Abyss, and Lords of the Deep, plus The Evil Below and The Rift.
prevnextIronically a cop movie was stolen
prevnextSeth Roger actually talked about in an interview that they found a rat that sold their idea to the Paul Blart Mall Cop people 😬
— Kori 💃🏻 (@kori9898) April 13, 2020
Imagine that many kids-to-adult movies in this economy
prevnextIn 87-88 they made a full five movies about a kid turning into an adult: Big, Vice Versa, Like Father Like Son, 18 Again!, and 14 Going on 30
— The 🏴 Smooth Jazz 🏴 Industry (@cornpop76) April 13, 2020
One recent Twin Films pair confused this man
prevnextBoth of these films came to German cinemas in summer 2018. I went into the biopic about PTSD, expecting to see the one where Winnie the Pooh came alive. pic.twitter.com/mqKcdj9QGj
— Philipp M. Kroissant (@PhilippMKroiss) April 13, 2020
And here's why
prevnextThere's actually a term for this phenomenon: twin films!
— Lillie Lainoff (@lillielainoff) April 13, 2020
There's lots of different reasons for twin films: production companies racing to get their films out first, staff moving between studios, etc.
Some even believe twin films are the result of... industrial espionage! *GASP* https://t.co/6mG9VSQlHx
And yet another reason
prevOften the reason that happens is because a writer has been pitching their idea around to different studios and one studio poaches the concept without actually hiring the writer. Then another studio goes on to make the film with the original writer.
— Roxy (@elizabtchtaylor) April 13, 2020