Movies are made, and exist, to make money.
There is no other reason. (Save for low budget, indy films made by peeps trying to make a name for themselves in the biz.)
It's much cheaper, and safer, for Hollywood to invest their millions on tried and true ideas, than to spend 100+ million on something new.
That's why you have so many sequels and reboots.
There are a lot of kick ass screenplays out there, better than anything you've seen in ten years, that will never see the light of day b/c they aren't established intellectual property. And that's sad. I hope it changes.
