Hollywood's plan to keep butts in seats

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🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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As Hollywood adapts to the realities of the streaming and Covid eras, it’s narrowing the scope of the types of movies and moviegoers that hit theaters. What does this mean for the future of the movie industry? Recode's Peter Kafka explains. Read Peter’s story: https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/4/13/23022908/movies-theaters-future-peter-kafka Today’s episode was produced and engineered by Jon Ehrens and hosted by Adam Clark Estes. Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.8	Hmm, let's see.
0:50.5	Batman.
0:51.8	Top Gun.
0:53.5	Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Sonic the Hedgehog?
0:59.7	It may sound like I'm perusing the shelves of my childhood blockbuster video, but I'm
1:03.5	actually looking at the coming attractions.
1:06.0	That is, names of franchises that have brand new movies this year.
1:10.2	In 2022, all of these will play in movie theaters around the country.
1:18.7	Now sequels in already established characters have been dominating the big screen for decades,
1:23.1	but it does seem like the trend has intensified in the past couple of years.
1:27.8	Meanwhile, comedies and dramas, with new stories to tell, are quickly disappearing from local
1:33.0	cinemas at a noticeable rate.
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