For viewers, it’s overwhelming but great. You no longer watch a "studio." You watch a production . You follow showrunners (like Craig Mazin) or directors (like Greta Gerwig) rather than the logo at the front of the film. The winner of the entertainment war isn't Disney or Netflix—it’s chaos . Because studios are desperate for the next Barbenheimer or Fallout , they are taking bigger risks. That means we get weird, expensive, beautiful art.
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3 Body Problem (from the Game of Thrones creators). While it didn’t reach Stranger Things levels of mania, it solved a massive problem for Netflix: expensive, intellectual sci-fi that plays globally. Pair that with the reality juggernaut Squid Game: The Challenge , and you see the strategy: make high-art for the Emmys (Ripley) and trashy fun for the masses (Too Hot to Handle) under the same roof. The Quiet Giant: Sony Pictures (The IP Warehouse) Sony is playing a different game. They don't own a major broadcast network or a massive streaming service (they license to Netflix and Disney), but they own the characters . For viewers, it’s overwhelming but great