These nikkas are straight up out of ideas.
I think right now, a movie adaptation show hasn't flopped, so the suits see it as viable.
If Minority Report comes out of the gate with anything less that 8 mill, all these movie adaptation pilots are getting thrown in the bushes.
Same goes for all of these reboots.
It's a viable idea because it hasn't failed yet (which is a terrible way to do business), but if/when the market dictates that they don't want them, they'll jump off the bandwagon.