
Hollywood hasn’t always been so cautious about creating franchises. Sequels didn’t become reliable money-makers until the 1970s and 80s, and even then, they rarely continued the original story directly. Instead, sequels often felt like updated versions of the first film, or filmmakers intentionally made them very different in style and tone. David Fincher’s film definitely took the latter approach, and he took a big gamble by making something so drastically different from the original that it shocked fans, critics, and those involved in the first movie.