Comment on Hollywood Execs Fear Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Deal ‘Could End the Studio System’
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This isn’t going to end the studio system. What nonsense. Most studios don’t do anything with their back catalog. Just ask Zaslav, who insists on taking everything off streaming because he’s too cheap to pay residuals.
Makeitstop@lemmy.world 5 days ago
If this became a trend it would probably just push the studios to be that much more focused on big franchises where the director is just doing a job for hire. And of course, their long term goal of being able to replace as many people as possible with AI, just as soon as the slop it churns out is good enough sell tickets.
wjrii@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Also, an auteur (or the estate of an auteur) that owns a bunch of their own IP is effectively just a small studio. they have leverage to raise money for new projects, revenue streams from licensing the old ones, and the potential to enter into contracts surrounding them in all kinds of ways. Shit, a Megalopolis or two, and the auteurs will be selling their rights back to the legacy studios anyway.
Auntievenim@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You wanna guarantee the collapse of studios there’s the golden ticket