What will Hollywood look like 10 years from now?
The last few years haven’t been too kind to theatergoers or to theater owners.
Attendance took a beating during the pandemic, with the box office hitting once-unthinkable lows.
For film fans, “Will movie theaters survive?”
has been an ongoing concern.
“Movie theaters aren’t going anywhere!,” insists director/writerM.
“Taking that oxygen away from us, even just a little bit, made us go crazy.
We need to be with each other.
And experiencing a story together will be even more precious, even more powerful.”
“Streaming is the way of the future, but it won’t kill theatrical.
But some of the changes our experts predict are less radical.
(It was recently adopted by some theaters, whichcharged higher pricesforThe Batman.)
Especially when millions of people have souped-up entertainment systems in their own living rooms.
Of course, those are relatively minor solutions for the looming dilemma of how to fill seats.
“I could imagine theaters embracing long-form even more,” says film/TV director andReservation Dogsco-creator Sterlin Harjo.
“I think theaters will evolve and host social events,” says Netflix global film head Scott Stuber.
Kids will go there to watch [e-game] tournaments.
And there’ll be a place for big-event television.”
There’s no reason why theaters can’t evolve to face the challenges of the streaming era.
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