We are already seeing AI-generated scripts, voice clones, and deepfake actors. Within five years, you may be able to type a prompt ("a rom-com set in ancient Rome starring a cat") and have a streaming platform generate a customized movie for you. This raises enormous copyright and ethical questions, but the technological momentum is unstoppable.
Drama has moved to vertical video. Creators now produce multi-part “stitched” stories, where a single narrative unfolds over 20 separate 60-second videos. This is the birth of the mobile-native soap opera. Justice.League.XXX.An.Axel.Braun.Parody.2017.DV...
A teenager in Jakarta with a smartphone can reach the same audience as a studio in Los Angeles. A niche novel can find its readers without a book deal. A sad song can find its listeners without a radio station. We are already seeing AI-generated scripts, voice clones,