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About the episode
Matt is joined by film producer Todd Garner to discuss whether movies are actually getting longer. Todd provides a study of over 3,600 films from 1980 to 2025 to reveal which genres have gotten longer over the years and by how much. They discuss a surprising trend among action films, why auteur-driven films are getting longer, and the increase in the percentage of movies over two and a half hours. Todd provides his expertise as an experienced producer and executive in Hollywood to help outline what the movie length discussions are like among studios, how they differ from streamers, and whether this is a problem for movie theaters (2:42). Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for A24’s new film The Drama (27:10).
Host: Matt Belloni
Guest: Lucas Shaw
Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Matt Pevic
Theme Song: Devon Renaldo