PE and HF financing of film slates is one of the bigger trends to have reshaped the industry in the last several decades. Legendary is a particularly noteworthy

PE and HF financing of film slates is one of the bigger trends to have reshaped the industry in the last several decades. Legendary is a particularly noteworthy example, but there are many others like it. Similarly, the big studios often turn to investment banks to finance film slates. The highest levels of the movie business, like the highest levels of most corporate America these days, are virtually indistinguishable from the finance industry.