neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoMovies@lemmy.world•Millennials, Gen-Z Want Original Movies and TV, Not Remakes — SurveyEnglish
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8 months agoAmerican audiences are no longer the sole demographic for Hollywood. The audience is global, and high budget films are planned with that in mind. The lowest common denominator is the result.
During his Academy Award speech, Cord Jefferson (who won for the American Fiction screenplay) argued for more low-budget films at the cost of a single big-budget mess. More movies means more types of stories, allowing more niches to be filled. It also creates more industry jobs, and deepens the bench with talent development.
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