“Hey, wasn’t there another movie like that out before?” Or, “Hey, that movie is totally copying ______!”

Ever find yourself in the position above where you see a trailer for a movie and instantly think, “I’ve seen this exact story before… but in another movie”. Well fret not, in this piece, I’ll be going a bit into why every now and then you’ll have a year at the theater where you’ll come across similar-to-exact films, in terms of content, within a short period of time and how often this has occurred over the years.