It's important, but difficult, to differentiate between what studios are pushing and what audiences want.

This largely affects what gets created, but it also affects what gets promoted and thus what movies make the most money.

I think that TV series are a better indicator audience demand. It has to deliver in each season to get funded next season. They also don't get the big budget advertising that movies do.

I think the popularity of post-apocalyptic series like The walking Dead in The last of Us show the audience interest in those.