Reese Witherspoon predicts moviemaking will "change radically" due to "shifting" attention spans

Entrepreneur and multi-talented individual Reese Witherspoon suggests that the film industry will undergo significant changes soon, and Hollywood must adjust to evolving viewing preferences.

In a detailed interview with The New York Times linked to the fourth season premiere of Apple TV+‘s The Morning Show, Witherspoon discussed the impact of social media on “shifting” attention spans, observing how her two Gen Z children engage with films differently than she did as a teenager. (Earlier this summer, Witherspoon introduced a Gen Z label under Hello Sunshine.)

“I noticed my kids weren’t going to the movies. I had teenage kids. I went to the movies every Friday and Saturday night. Kids don’t go to the movies. Usually people are seeing one movie a year in the theaters with their kids,” she explained. “You’ve got to go where the audience is, not lament the fact that they didn’t show up or have what I call ‘old-school-itis,’ which is like, Well, in my day. Well, it just doesn’t work that way! Attention spans are shifting. The way we make movies is going to change radically in the next two to three years.”