The best laid schemes … gang aft agley

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Great piece.

It's cheaper to buy the rights to a tv show/movie than to reverse it, but there's less payback. Remaking a show costs more, but can have a greater return and, also, allows the remake to be more relevant to its intended audience. I'm also sure that there's at least a little "we can do this better" attitude in some of these ventures.