Judd Apatow, a writer-producer who had worked in television and made “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up” told the New York Times (here) that the business model that is driving the studios’ hard line is a little backward. Digital or not, well-written content can be a lucrative business.
He said, “One of the problems is a lack of creativity. The studios spend enormous amounts of money making these massive spectacles when they could be making much better written, lower cost movies. A few less of those and they could fund a settlement for years. There would be no reason for this strike.”
