. The 2023 strikes fundamentally changed how studios produce content. AI writing and digital replicas are now contractually limited, but the tension between studio efficiency and artist rights will define the next decade.
. For a while, every studio produced too much (Peak TV). Now, studios are consolidating. Paramount is merging with Skydance. Warner Bros. is shelving completed productions for tax write-offs. The era of endless content is over; popular productions will become scarcer but, hopefully, higher quality. Brazzers - Angel Youngs - Rough Fuck At The BBQ...
As consumers, we are living in the golden age of choice. The popular productions of today—whether Barbie , The Bear , or Squid Game —are the cultural artifacts that future generations will study to understand the anxieties and joys of the 2020s. The studios that survive will be those that respect the audience's intelligence, embrace global diversity, and remember that technology serves story, not the other way around. Paramount is merging with Skydance