“I used to be in the movie business where you made something really because you cared about it,” he told NPR. The very definition of movie, he went on, “is in s

“I used to be in the movie business where you made something really because you cared about it,” he told NPR. The very definition of movie, he went on, “is in such transition that it doesn’t mean anything right now.” Pretty rich stuff coming from a dude who presides over a studio that's basically pumped out nothing but reboots, sequels and schlock for the last decade. He must really care about the cinematic masterpieces (/S) that are the Mission Impossible and Transformers franchises since they keep making so damn many of them even after most of us long ago stopped caring. He's not wrong about the movie business in general though, he's just right for the wrong reasons. Whatever is left of the film and TV industries in 10 years after AI has disrupted literally every facet of content production, is going to be wildly different and likely unrecognizable to the industry of today. Legacy incumbents like Paramount might have an advantage in that they'll have the capital to invest in the new tools and be able to re-capture a sizable portion of the market, but more likely they'll have too much momentum and inertia to adjust to the changing times quickly enough, and will be left in the dust by new more "AI focused" studios who are able to pump out A LOT more content for a great range of niche audiences A LOT more quickly, and who are better able to figure out distribution to allow them to monetize they're content more effectively in a post scarcity media industry.