1. It's being done by a person who's had accusations of being a racist, or sexist, or, well, he did SOMETHING bad, it's open and shut, we just have to find out what it was....
2. It, like the Sonic redesign, is a case of artists listening to their customers, and that's a no-no, you NEVER let the masses tell you what to do. Your vision is perfect, it's the customers who should change to fit it, not vice versa.
3. Hollywood spending time on a Director's Cut of an already-released movie means they aren't spending time making the next sure-fire capeshit hit about a brave stronk wahmen POC.