I think one comment on the post resonated with me:
I do find it utterly strange that movies come in twos so often, however, independent inspiration exists, and having a similar plot just isn’t a big deal anymore.
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I'm a believer in independent inspiration. And even if there is some subconscious, nth-degree connection between works, it has been happening for millennia, and everyone has done it, whether they know it or not.
As for the "movies come in two" comment from the MTV post, if the poster is referring to similarly-themed movies coming out around the same time, William Goldman had a good explanation of that in his book Adventures in the Screen Trade. Hollywood always has multiple scripts for a given kind of movie floating around, and as soon as one studio puts one of those films into production, at least one other studio is bound to pick up a competitive project — either to more quickly capitalize on the popularity of the genre or niche, or to beat the other film to market and steal its thunder.
Also, it's impossible to really predict when a film will be successful (Goldman: "nobody knows anything"), and one way of having a better chance to make money is to give the audience something that they liked before, without necessarily wrapping it a fully-new package.
Like, why try to create an original inspirational film for kids and teenagers, when you can just remake The Karate Kid?
Speaking of coincidences and similar titles, themes etc.
Apparently there was a Korean film called "Jenny, Juno" released awhile back, about an unplanned pregnancy. What a trip!
Diablo Cody, writer of Juno speaking on said coincidence:
Unbeknownst to me, we had another spiritual cousin out there, a Korean movie called "Jenny, Juno", This time, the cousinry goes one step further and the movie is about – seriously – a pregnant teenager and her cute, sweet boyfriend. (The guy character is named Juno, not the girl.) There's no adoption subplot and apparently the film is otherwise dissimilar to mine, but how fucked up is that? I bring this up because a journalist drilled me about it recently – awkward! – and also because I saw someone on our IMDb board wondering if Juno was a remake of the K-flick. So for the record, 1.) it isn't a remake 2.) I haven't seen 'Jenny, Juno,' though I want to now, and 3.) I don't think anyone would even bat an eye about this if my film was called Jenny. The name Juno is just so darned distinctive that confusion is inevitable.
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