Hat Tip: Dark Horizons
Warner Brothers is planning a seven-film franchise based on One Thousand and One Nights.
This does make a certain amount of sense. The material is public domain and hasn't been used as source material recently.
The problem may lie in execution.
The source material consists of multiple short stories. Short stories don't always translate well to full-length motion pictures. One short story doesn't provide enough material for an entire film. Creating a full-length film either requires expanding the story (also known as "padding") or using multiple stories in the same film.
Films with multiple stories, or anthologies, typically don't perform well at theaters.
Based on the number of films planned, it looks like WB has chosen the first approach, devoting each film to a single story. This will result in a cohesive story-line for each film but will require the script-writer to come up with a great deal of original material for each film.
WB better have some creative writers on tap.
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