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The Future Isn’t a Film — It’s a Property

4 min readMay 23, 2025

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Take a look at the world’s entertainment capitals — Los Angeles, Seoul, Mumbai, London, São Paulo — a quiet revolution has taken hold. A shift that’s remolding not just how stories are told, but how they’re monetized, remembered, and repurposed.

It’s the shift from movie to property.

While some still bemoan the dominance of franchises and spin-offs, the real takeaway isn’t creative fatigue — it’s strategic foresight. The most powerful studios in the world no longer see films as endpoints. They see them as launchpads. Portals into scalable, ownable, and expandable worlds.

And while that shift is increasingly mainstream in Hollywood and its major counterparts, the truth is: much of the world is still making stories that disappear.

From Latin America to Southeast Asia, from Eastern Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa, independent filmmakers and regional studios are still investing enormous resources into cinematic one-offs. A festival…

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Gena Vazquez
Gena Vazquez

Written by Gena Vazquez

Writer | Private Equity Investor - Silicon Valley to Hollywood and Wall St. in between. In love with nature. You'll find me beachside most days.

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