Movies Aren't Dead... But Disney Might Be - Fireside Discussion

About this episode

The hosts discuss the decline of Disney and the rise of indie horror films among young filmmakers.

Disney is trending down, BUT… YouTubers in their 20s are topping the box office with R-rated horror indie films. WHAT IS GOING ON BRO. THe boys break it down and diagnose Disney’s TRUE issue. Grant's Letterboxd Drew's Letterboxd Grant's Blu-ray of the Week Drew's Blu-ray of the Week Stole My Line Essentials Watch this episode on YouTube! Our Team Grant Crenshaw - Host Drew McKinney - Host Chapters (00:00) - Intro (01:02) - 2026 Cinema (07:55) - Writing & Filmmaking (09:59) - Disney… (13:48) - Mouse House Diagnosis (20:00) - The Year of Movies (28:58) - Backrooms & Obsession (38:32) - Ballooning Budgets (46:46) - Disney Profits (55:19) - Coming Up & Take a break… *Stole My Line is an Amazon associate. Thus, any Amazon link in this description is an associate link. The purchase of an item from this link would result in Stole My Line receiving a portion of the payment.

People in this episode

Hosts: Grant Crenshaw, Drew McKinney

Topics covered

• Disney's decline
• indie films
• box office trends
• R-rated horror
• filmmaking
• cinema future

Keywords

• Disney
• indie films
• R-rated horror
• box office
• filmmaking
• cinema trends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disney

Books & works: Letterboxd, Blu-ray

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