The Reel Round-Up Post Title: The Empire Strikes Back? How Netflix, A24, and Disney Are Rewriting the Rules of Popular Entertainment
Today, the landscape looks completely different. The "popular" productions aren't just the summer blockbusters anymore; they are the prestige indie films, the bingeable foreign dramas, and the video game adaptations that make you cry.
There was a time when the phrase "popular entertainment studio" conjured a very specific image: a sun-drenched lot in Hollywood, a giant water tower with a signature logo, and a backlot filled with fake New York streets.