Brian Schwartz

Let's talk about the newest creative technology that affects creativity in Hollywood, which is AI. I know everybody in Hollywood is using AI, but nobody wants to admit it because they don't want to upset creatives. I'll admit it. Okay, good.

Let's talk about the newest creative technology that affects creativity in Hollywood, which is AI. I know everybody in Hollywood is using AI, but nobody wants to admit it because they don't want to upset creatives. I'll admit it. Okay, good.

I want to ask you, what are you doing with AI right now, and what do you think will be its future for filmmaking and TV production and everything?

I want to ask you, what are you doing with AI right now, and what do you think will be its future for filmmaking and TV production and everything?

I want to ask you, what are you doing with AI right now, and what do you think will be its future for filmmaking and TV production and everything?

You mentioned the word efficiencies, which can also, as we all know, mean job loss. I mean, is it realistic to think that some of the craftspeople in the world of filmmaking, visual effects artists, animators, production designers, that that work is, there's going to be fewer people working in film to do those jobs because AI is going to take some of that work?

You mentioned the word efficiencies, which can also, as we all know, mean job loss. I mean, is it realistic to think that some of the craftspeople in the world of filmmaking, visual effects artists, animators, production designers, that that work is, there's going to be fewer people working in film to do those jobs because AI is going to take some of that work?

You mentioned the word efficiencies, which can also, as we all know, mean job loss. I mean, is it realistic to think that some of the craftspeople in the world of filmmaking, visual effects artists, animators, production designers, that that work is, there's going to be fewer people working in film to do those jobs because AI is going to take some of that work?

So 20 years ago or so, when you guys, maybe when Hollywood is at its height, there's all this DVD money, production companies like Imagine, you guys and all your competitors would regularly get a percentage of every dollar of revenue, gross points, as they call it in the industry, sometimes before a movie even made a profit. Studios would give you millions of dollars a year to cover your overhead.

So 20 years ago or so, when you guys, maybe when Hollywood is at its height, there's all this DVD money, production companies like Imagine, you guys and all your competitors would regularly get a percentage of every dollar of revenue, gross points, as they call it in the industry, sometimes before a movie even made a profit. Studios would give you millions of dollars a year to cover your overhead.

So 20 years ago or so, when you guys, maybe when Hollywood is at its height, there's all this DVD money, production companies like Imagine, you guys and all your competitors would regularly get a percentage of every dollar of revenue, gross points, as they call it in the industry, sometimes before a movie even made a profit. Studios would give you millions of dollars a year to cover your overhead.

It was a very lush time for a lot of production companies. Thank God. Those lavish deals have pretty much disappeared with the end of DVD revenue. So how has the economics of running Imagine Entertainment changed? How have you evolved running the company now compared to those times when there was so much more money flowing through the business?

It was a very lush time for a lot of production companies. Thank God. Those lavish deals have pretty much disappeared with the end of DVD revenue. So how has the economics of running Imagine Entertainment changed? How have you evolved running the company now compared to those times when there was so much more money flowing through the business?

It was a very lush time for a lot of production companies. Thank God. Those lavish deals have pretty much disappeared with the end of DVD revenue. So how has the economics of running Imagine Entertainment changed? How have you evolved running the company now compared to those times when there was so much more money flowing through the business?

So let's talk about big tech coming into Hollywood, right? So, you know, Netflix and Amazon, they're undeniably two of the most powerful companies in Hollywood right now. And Apple is also starting to find its footing in Hollywood. Meanwhile, some of the traditional studios and networks I would say are to varying degrees in kind of a state of existential crisis.

So let's talk about big tech coming into Hollywood, right? So, you know, Netflix and Amazon, they're undeniably two of the most powerful companies in Hollywood right now. And Apple is also starting to find its footing in Hollywood. Meanwhile, some of the traditional studios and networks I would say are to varying degrees in kind of a state of existential crisis.

So let's talk about big tech coming into Hollywood, right? So, you know, Netflix and Amazon, they're undeniably two of the most powerful companies in Hollywood right now. And Apple is also starting to find its footing in Hollywood. Meanwhile, some of the traditional studios and networks I would say are to varying degrees in kind of a state of existential crisis.

So what do you, for you guys as producers, filmmakers, what's been the good and the bad of big tech companies coming into Hollywood?

So what do you, for you guys as producers, filmmakers, what's been the good and the bad of big tech companies coming into Hollywood?

So what do you, for you guys as producers, filmmakers, what's been the good and the bad of big tech companies coming into Hollywood?