Future of Cinema in 2024: Young Woman and the Sea Director and Top Gun Maverick Producer Discuss
Watch: Joachim Rønning and producer Jerry Bruckheimer discuss the state of cinema in 2024. The future of cinema lies in making “good” movies, says the team behind Young Woman and the Sea, director Joachim Rønning and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
In recent weeks, the previously thought sure-fire hits The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a sequel to the Oscar-nominated Fury Road, have been floundering at the box office. The misses have Hollywood studios questioning what the future looks like when even star-studded actioners and franchise fare can no longer get people to buy cinema tickets.
“Making good movies,” Rønning answers when asked about what will get audiences into cinemas. “Maybe that’s naive, but I feel that we have to keep making good movies of all types.”
“It can feel a little brutal,” he continues. “We have to get back. We’ve had the pandemic, we’ve had the [writers and actors] strikes.”
“There’s a lot of amazing movies on the horizon and I hope people will go and see Young Woman and the Sea and keep going [to the cinema]. It’s something we have to keep doing.”
Young Woman and the Sea tells the story of Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and is played by Star Wars alumni Daisy Ridley. The movie is produced by Bruckheimer, whose previous work includes the colossal hits Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Boys, Beverly Hills Cop, and National Treasure.
“The audience is the only one who knows [what they want to see],” Bruckheimer says. “You’ve got to be confident that what you’re going to go see in the cinema is something that you know is going to be good, or you heard is going to be good. It’s about word of mouth. That’s what hopefully will make this movie a success.”
Young Woman and the Sea is released in select UK cinemas on 31 May.