A sneak preview of the post-pandemic movie business: 'Hollywood is going to have to change because we've changed'

Reliable Sources

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🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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CNN entertainment and media reporters Chloe Melas, Lisa Respers France and Frank Pallotta analyze the end of awards season, the tentative reopening of movie theaters, and shifting streaming release strategies. The big question: What is the post-pandemic entertainment world going to look like? Respers France underscores the importance of "community," asserting that "Hollywood is going to have to change because we've changed." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the wide world of media, Hollywood is unique.
0:06.0	So much money, power, and influence flows through the entertainment industry, but so much
0:12.4	of that has been on pause due to the pandemic.
0:16.6	So as the world opens back up, as we get back to some form of normal, what's the future
0:22.3	of entertainment?
0:24.0	What's the future of movie going?
0:26.5	Those are a couple of the questions for this week's Reliable Sources podcast.
0:30.4	So let's cue the music.
0:33.1	I'm Brian Stelter, and this weekly podcast is our chance to go more in depth talking
0:38.5	about how the media world works.
0:41.7	And Hollywood is a critical component of that world.
0:46.0	I mean, think about how your consumption patterns and habits have changed during the pandemic,
0:51.9	how you've watched movies and television shows and experienced culture, mostly through
0:57.5	screens, probably.
0:59.1	But now as the Oscars season ends, as the award season ends, as the new season begins,
1:06.8	as movie theaters reopen and soon more and more new movies will be released, let's look
1:12.5	ahead to what the near future of entertainment looks like.
1:17.8	What's going to be the same as pre-March of 2020?
1:21.3	It's going to be different.
1:23.1	And how's it going to be different for different groups of people?
1:27.0	There's a lot to digest.
1:28.8	So let me bring in three of CNN's entertainment coverage experts, Lisa Resper's friends,
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