Aspen session argues Hollywood's future belongs to creators who control AI — not the studios
Hollywood's future is shifting away from the studio system that has governed the industry for a century — toward creators who control AI and independent filmmakers working outside the traditional pipeline.
That is the diagnosis that emerged from inside Hollywood itself, and the structural forces behind it are visible: streaming has dismantled the legacy studio model, strikes and a production exodus have hollowed out Los Angeles, and AI has already entered the production pipeline through pre-visualization and the digital multiplication of background actors.