Looking at how the actor's popularity only increases on an annual basis, the thought of a big budget R-rated supernatural comic book adaptation with action, mystery and horror elements starring Keanu Reeves in the lead role sounds like a slam dunk on paper.
Even though the character is one of the most iconic figures in Star Wars lore, we don't know an awful lot about Boba Fett. He's a bounty hunter, he's got cool armor and he doesn't take any prisoners, but it would be an understatement to say the franchise has never really explored what makes him tick.
Even though Anya Taylor-Joy is firmly established as one of the fastest-rising talents in the business, one that's seen her stock rise to new heights after an acclaimed Golden Globe-winning performance in Netflix smash hit The Queen's Gambit, the actress has admitted that she's under huge pressure starring in Mad Max: Furiosa.
The history of La casa de papel is a very interesting one, with the show's trajectory being changed forever once Netflix recognized that the concept had the potential to be a major success on streaming.
The levels of secrecy maintained around the majority of Marvel Cinematic Universe projects have become the stuff of legend, and security keeps getting tighter in an age where spoilers have become increasingly commonplace.
We've known for well over a year that Jonathan Majors was set to appear in Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and while seeing one of the industry's hottest young stars playing an iconic comic book villain was reason enough to get excited, his surprise debut as He Who Remains as Loki increased the hype levels exponentially.
It seems hard to remember that there was a time when doomsayers were predicting the worst for Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, with many analysts predicting that the effects of the pandemic and the lack of a Premier Access hybrid release could see it bomb at the box office.
Johnny Depp may have fallen on hard times professionally, but his fans will continue to support the star in whatever he does. Having admitted that he's essentially been blacklisted by Hollywood, it could be a while before the actor returns to his former glories, if he ever does, but at least he has a back catalogue of classics for audiences to revisit.
In the grand scheme of things, the Western is nowhere near as popular as it once was, but when a fast-rising filmmaker gathers a positively stacked ensemble and drops them into a gritty and violent revenge tale that plays exclusively on the world's biggest streaming service, critical and viewership success is a virtual guarantee.
The debate about the creative and artistic merits of remakes has been raging on for decades, and regardless of which side of the fence you fall on, Hollywood isn't going to stop churning them out on a regular basis.