I'm making a dedicated topic to announced reboots and relaunches just because.
The Tiny Toon Adventures reboot, Tiny Toons Looniversity coming to HBO Max, made Buster and Babs Bunny twins. "No relation?" "Yes, relation." Also, Babs is played by a black chick. I only point that part out because I totally called it to myself. I don't know who the woman they've casted is. She came out on some show. I don't really know anything about actors anymore and if they are or aren't funny. Even if this show is utter crap, it's not this woman's fault. It's another woman's fault:
Showrunner Erin Gibson told io9:
“They’re fraternal twins, which was not an original plot point. I wanted to dive into a brother/sister relationship that looked really symbiotic and collaborative and supportive, not antagonistic. Seeing two people who are really on the same page, and then how do people who are so close make new friends? You know, find out who they are by these new relationships—these new college experiences while still having fun and doing the dumbest stuff you’ll ever see on TV, but having story and plot points and character development.”
Either way, in the end, it doesn't matter. This show's hella old now and the target audience of hers, his, and theirs want something different than what our generation wants. Even without this stupid change, the show was unlikely to be good imo anyway. Elmer and Yosemite Sam can't even have guns anymore. So meh.
And the new adaptation of Interview with a Vampire? I'll leave you to guess what happened to two out of the three main characters. Claudia is also older (and, frankly, looks it). I know she was already made older in the film. But Kristen Dunst was around 14 years and looked younger while the series actress is 18 years old and looks it. Oh, yeah, and this just in: plantations made people uncomfortable. Aren't they supposed to? So now we have brothels instead of plantations. Honestly, I didn't even remember the plantation part. But with brothels, this series appears to want to wallow in more "sex sex sex" to sell their show harder. (no pun intended) The aesthetic of this thing looks super cheap. If feels like the sets just exist in a building. The acting the trailer also feels weak to me.
Either way, I was never a huge Anne Rice fan. I've never read the book. I just like the movie. But this definitely gets slotted into the "why" box. I'm tired of this fear of original products. This show could've been it's own original vampire story in New Orleans without using Anne Rice or the book's name. Meh.