Evil went online. Or did it? You
know, if you sit down and think about it the internet barely even
figured into the events of Hellworld. I mean, Adam killed
himself because of the game for reasons that were NEVER explained and
everyone got their invitations to the party via a computer game, but
that was it. The rest of the movie was just Lance Henriksen playing
mind games with a bunch of idiots, which was OH SO satisfying to
watch.
Movies, like nearly everything in life,
aren't exempt from contracts. Contracts lay out the numerous legal
provisions and rights involved in the production of a movie, one of
the aspects involving the expiration date of said contract. That is
to say if a movie isn't made in a certain amount of time the rights
expire, and either go back to the original holder or can go up sale
so anyone can buy them.
This isn't usually a problem for most
franchises, as the Sequel Train is the strongest force alive in
Hollywood besides greed and Nicholas Sparks movies featuring pretty
white people. But in some extreme cases a movie can't
be made during the agreed upon time frame, so to keep the rights the
producers will make what is commonly known as an “ash can copy”.
This term originates from the world of comic books where publishers
would throw together a cheaply made comic book (usually with
unfinished art and lettering) to maintain their copyright on a
certain character or title and then throw all the printed copies away
into the “ash can”.
