I'm of two minds about the impending death of the movie studio.
Wall Street Woos Film Producers, Skirting Studios Investors are bypassing studio bosses and dealing directly with producers to gain more control.
One the one hand, breaking free of 'gatekeepers' is usually a good thing. Studio heads have very specific ideas as to what gets produced, and frequently, their choices are not choices which resonate with me.
On the other hand, studio heads sometimes chose to make art movies, realizing full well the movie may not break box office records. Having Wall Street as the sole dictator of the 'green light' might be even worse:
A result for moviegoers is that they could begin to see even more thrillers, comedies and horror movies at the multiplex — the types of movies Wall Street favors, because of their more predictable payoff.
