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Why Escapist Movies and Rom-Coms Will Be All the Rage After COVID-19

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHollywood producers and filmmakers think they know what audiences want after a roughly a year of being stuck in their homes, cut off from friends and family while a global pandemic raged.“People want to escape,” predicts Milan Popelka, chief operating officer of FilmNation, the company behind “Arrival” and “Late Night.” “Stories that are more uplifting and optimistic will be at a premium.

There’s more than enough stress in the world, I don’t think people will be interested in watching something that adds to their stress levels.”That means more comedies, musicals and feel-good stories mixed in with the usual diet of superhero films and sequels, producers say.

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