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How does a 40-year-old movie get resurrected?
Spouses Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy were approached by J.J. Abrams to produce "Westworld" together. "J.J. actually sat down with Michael Crichton two decades ago. Crichton wanted to talk to him about remaking the original film, and J.J. couldn’t crack it at that point. And in fact, neither could the rest of the town," says Jonathan Nolan. "Fast forward two decades later. It occurs to J.J. that it’s not a movie: It’s a series. And a key aspect of that is this idea that you take the narrative and you invert it, and you make it about the hosts. It felt like an opportunity to play with all the questions that we were most excited about. This is a show that has so many fascinating things that we love to dive into. So, we couldn’t possibly turn it down."
Spouses Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy were approached by J.J. Abrams to produce "Westworld" together. "J.J. actually sat down with Michael Crichton two decades ago. Crichton wanted to talk to him about remaking the original film, and J.J. couldn’t crack it at that point. And in fact, neither could the rest of the town," says Jonathan Nolan. "Fast forward two decades later. It occurs to J.J. that it’s not a movie: It’s a series. And a key aspect of that is this idea that you take the narrative and you invert it, and you make it about the hosts. It felt like an opportunity to play with all the questions that we were most excited about. This is a show that has so many fascinating things that we love to dive into. So, we couldn’t possibly turn it down."
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