One of the best sci-fi movies of all time rebooted with a $460 million streak

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One of the best sci fi movies of all time rebooted

Some sci-fi films appear on television every week. The Fifth Element, Jupiter Ascending and Ready Player One, we are looking your way. Today you can catch a sci-fi movie on TV that rarely airs: the 1973 visionary tech dystopia Westworld, which decades later was remastered with a wickedly expensive series.

When is Westworld on TV?

  • You can visit Westworld on Sunday at 8:15 p.m see Arte without advertising
  • There is no repetition

    • What is Westworld about?

    The directorial debut of Jurassic Park creator Michael Crichton takes up the topic of artificial intelligence in a visionary way and thus stands in a row with sci-fi classics like Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the future of 1983, the Delos company offers the ultimate amusement park with three worlds: Westworld with cowboys, the Middle Ages with knights and the Roman Empire. Visitors can let off steam here without consequences and consideration for the android extras.

    WEST WORLD TRAILER YUL BRYNNER

    When the first incidents occur, those responsible dismiss them as quirks. But then the machine people increasingly turn against the paying customers and finally turn the tables. Above all, the silent gunslinger (Yul Brynner), who mercilessly lets his pistol do the talking.

    Westworld was followed 43 years later by the Westworld series

    In 2016, HBO took up the Westworld idea for a series. Christopher Nolan’s brother Jonathan Nolan, together with Lisa Joy, modernized the AI ​​topics and thought them further. The first two seasons in particular are true mindfucks that gave fans headaches for weeks.

    But the Westworld project was expensive: Even the shooting of the first season inflated the budget: it is said to have cost 100 million dollars. And you could see that in the opulent world. Costs increased over the following three seasons, with the last requiring at least $160 million. The total budget for the series was no less than $460 million.

    This is one of the reasons why Westworld ended in 2022 after four seasons. The audience is shrinking more and more and no longer justifies the costs. The first season in particular enjoys a similarly good reputation among sci-fi fans as the film, which has now absolutely confirmed its status as a classic.

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