Barry Diller: The movie business as before is finished and will never come back
The actual quote (with my emphasis added):<p>&gt; &quot;The movie business *as before* is finished and will never come back.&quot;<p>And I think that&#x27;s correct. Superhero blockbusters taking over all box office receipts was one thing, but now those blockbusters are becoming deeply tied to streaming services like Disney+ that&#x27;s bringing content into people&#x27;s homes and away from movie theatres.<p>I won&#x27;t mourn movie theatres (though I hope places emulate the likes of Alamo Drafthouse and do dinner, drinks and let us make an evening out of watching a movie), but I do worry about things like movie financing. It feels the industry has split in two, either making super-expensive superhero blockbusters or super cheap indie films.<p>It makes me feel like a grouch to complain about the uber-popular, widely loved thing but this intertwined superhero universe exhausts me. I don&#x27;t want to have to watch three previous movies and two TV shows to fully enjoy the movie that&#x27;s in front of me. So I watch a lot more limited series TV instead... and maybe that&#x27;s just fine?