Belated franchise revivals: the new Hollywood trend?

Take 2008sIndiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skullas an example.

WhenThe Kingdom Of The Crystal Skullcame out, its reviews were initially warm.

With filming apparently planned for 2015, the race will surely be on to find a suitable director.

John Milius 1982 fantasyConan The Barbarianlaunched Arnold Schwarzeneggers career as a Hollywood actor.

The project still seems to be in its early stages, though, with no director currently attached.

Last year, director Paul Verhoeven expressed hisinterestin directingThe Legend Of Conan.We can but hope.

Another revival of a Schwarzenegger vehicle,TwinssequelTripletsis said to reunite the actor with co-star Danny DeVito.

Ivan Reitman, who directed the 1988 original, is also said to be returning.

All being well,Independence Day 2will be out in the summer of 2016.

Then theresTerminator: Genesis,which will see Arnold Schwarzenegger reprise his role as an ageing T-800.

The skeleton doesnt change.

The common factor in all these films is nostalgia.

There might be something else at work here, too.