But then, Hollywood has always been like this. For instance, The Wizard of Oz has been adapted in the double digits:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/epicreads/...r-may-not-8yaf?utm_term=.roPxKgxZa#.roPxKgxZa
Many silent films were remade as silent films as better actors or directors became available, and then when sound came in, there was a frenzy of remakes from silent to sound.
Both during the silent and early sound eras, the sequel system was in full force with "chapter stories" like
Buck Rogers and
Commander Cody and even
Batman (oh, you have to see this one to believe it, it is a favorite of my husband and I.)
During the heyday of Turner Classic Movies (some of the library has been spun off and it is not the same) they would mention how the stories were adapted and re-adapted and re-titled. Classic literature breaks out in Hollywood for each generation:
The Great Gatsby alone was made six times. And never done right.
Now we have the added complication of global distribution, often to places who are not native speakers of the movies in question. So they need things that transcend language, like simple plots, people falling in love, and things blowing up real good.
On the other hand, the Indie film offers have never been so rich. I used to belong to a film club which had to lease the theater and the movies. Now, it's a mouse click away, and ANYONE can make and distribute their movie.
It's flat awesome.