Ep 88. Simon Pulman: The REAL Reason Hollywood Only Makes Sequels Now
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Entertainment attorney Simon Pulman discusses the shift in Hollywood towards sequels and adaptations, revealing the underlying reasons and implications for the industry.
Entertainment attorney Simon Pulman (Prior Cashman, NYC) reveals how to build billion-dollar transmedia franchises without risking studio collapse. Learn the formula top 1% of adaptations use. The entertainment industry faces its biggest paradigm shift in decades. While Hollywood struggles with declining theatre attendance and rising production costs, gaming properties are creating the most successful adaptations in history. Entertainment lawyer Simon Pulman breaks down exactly why this is happening and how it's transforming deal structures across the industry. In this eye-opening conversation, Pulman reveals how individual incentives are driving risk-aversion across studios, why original scripts have been replaced by IP acquisitions, and the shocking truth about how "Hollywood created Netflix" through short-term financial decisions that destroyed their long-term business model. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction to Simon Pulman's expertise 02:14 Why original scripts dominated in the 90s vs franchise dominance today 04:35 The audience shift: Why people won't leave home for cinema anymore 07:18 How international content (Squid Game, anime) is reshaping Hollywood 10:47 Snow White…
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