Not all are about explosions. The last decade has seen the rise of the "prestige genre" studio. These are smaller operations that have captured the cultural zeitgeist not through scale, but through taste.
Mention how studios like or Universal are using tech like The Volume (LED screen sets) or AI to cut costs and change visual storytelling.
: While not a traditional "legacy" studio, it remains the market leader in streaming with a market cap of approximately $330 billion and a focus on high-volume original content. Major 2026 Productions and Releases