5 Reasons Why Cinema Is Dying And Needs To Evolve (And 2 Ways It Could Do That Instantly)

Major studios are well known to change films in a way they think will be more appealing to the wider public.

For instance, Warner Brothers’ Justice League was an example of this, and ended up a mismatch of ideas between two fairly contrasting filmmakers in Joss Whedon and Zack Snyder. Mostly because WB wanted a more family-friendly version of the film. Something Snyder wasn't going to deliver.

On the flip side, Disney went to a large expense and effort to make sure Rogue One was a success with a bigger audience and it worked. Tony Gilroy was hired to do re-shoots, replacing director Gareth Edwards, and all was well in a galaxy far, far away. Though, they couldn’t do the same trick twice with Solo, never-mind.

In this lays the issue: in their quest to make sure they can get enough bums in seats, major studios are having more and more of an input on what goes into the final product to make it more appealing to a wider audience.

The experience of going to see smaller auteur-driven films at the cinema has become more niche in recent years, mostly because larger studios won’t back them financially, as they are deemed too much of a risk.

There is, however, a ray of light in the increasingly marginalised world of independent film. Which comes in the form of newer companies like A24, who’s release model is mainly to distribute films slowly in larger cities and on limited screens, before expanding further once they see how the audience reacts.