“I will be rereleasing ALL of my albums as visual albums,” he wrote. On Tuesday, Ja Rule announced via Twitter that he’s planning to film a music video for every song he’s ever released, which seems daunting and enticing and enticing in equal measures. Movie studios are glorified IP farms, and it looks like full-time rap legend and part-time music industry visionary, Ja Rule, is looking to leverage this opportunity in his field. Out of the top 10 highest-grossing movies of the year, 60% of the titles are some sort of sequel, three are superhero movies from the MCU, two are live-action remakes of classic Disney cartoons, and only one is based on a completely original idea ( Jordan Peele’s Us).
Remakes, reboots, cinematic universes, and sequels: These are the titans of cinema in 2019.