For a glorious five years (2017–2022), it seemed like the golden age. Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and Warner Bros. Discovery spent billions on . They paid $200 million for a single film (Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman ). They greenlit every vague pitch from every successful comic book writer.
Sora (OpenAI’s text-to-video model) and similar tools will allow anyone to generate a short film from a sentence. While this threatens labor (writers, VFX artists), it will democratize creation. Expect a tsunami of "slop" content, but also the emergence of singular, outsider auteur voices who could never afford a crew. FilthyFamily.24.07.08.Sweet.Vickie.XXX.1080p.HE...
For the consumer, this is a golden age. You will never run out of exactly the weird, specific content you love. For the creator? It’s a nightmare of chasing algorithms, fighting for watch time, and praying the mute button isn't pressed. For a glorious five years (2017–2022), it seemed
Are there specific (like marketing, psychology, or specific platforms) you want to emphasize? They paid $200 million for a single film