Spielberg ‘predicted’ movie industry meltdown? Understand

Steven Spielberg, responsible for several blockbusters and critical hits in theaters, predicted the decline of superhero films and alerted the industry. As pointed out by the website Cheat Sheetthe filmmaker feared that the blockbusters of the last decade would impact the business model in an unwanted way.

“Eventually, there’s going to be an implosion… with three or four, even six big-budget movies crashing, and that’s going to change the paradigm,” he said. Film Students.

In a prediction about possible price differences between films, the director said: “You will have to pay $ 25 to see the next Iron Man and you will probably only need to pay U$S 7 to see lincoln.”

Although the scenario did not materialize exactly as the speech of Spielbergthe debate about the space that blockbusters occupy in movie theaters came to the fore with the release of the latest productions by Avengerswhich were sidelined by national feature films in Brazil, for example.

The superhero genre has also been described by steven like the New Western: “We were here when the Western died. There will come a time when superhero movies go down the same path as the Western. That doesn’t mean there won’t be another time when these genres make a comeback.”

Although the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) and the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) continue to invest millions of dollars in their productions, the impact seems smaller compared to the peak of their popularity – which made the films of the genre occupy several positions in the highest-grossing ranking in history.

“Of course, these movies are alive today. I’m just saying that these cycles of popular culture are finite. One day, mythological stories will be replaced by another genre, which a young filmmaker is about to discover.”