Andrew deWaard

Andrew deWaard is an assistant professor of media and popular culture at the University of California San Diego and the author of Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture.

Feb

Hollowed-out in Hollywood

Feature: Why is Los Angeles’s entertainment industry in such crisis? Andrew deWaard on the shape-shifting effects of financialization and monopoly.

25 Feb 2026

8 min read

Nov

In theaters now

Why are studios releasing so few original new films? Andrew deWaard on how movie franchises have conquered Hollywood.

14 Nov 2024

9 min read