WHAT HOLLYWOOD WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE BIDEN ERA

Three top screenwriters offer their predictions for cinema after Trump

MORE FILMS ABOUT AMERICA’S ROOTS

LIZ HANNAH (WRITER, THE POST)

“Trump wasn’t some freak occurrence. He was a result of our history. I think a lot of American filmmakers will now be looking at our past mistakes to work out how not to repeat them. We have an obligation to the communities that Trump hurt to look at our history and wonder how we got here. We’ve woken up from a nightmare — now it’s time to go to therapy to talk about it.”

MORE NUANCED DEPICTIONS OF POLICE

GARY WHITTA (CO-WRITER, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY)

“The way we see police on screen is going to change because of the George Floyd case, and Trump’s response to it. We’re so used to stories that hold them up as heroes, but the reality is that’s not always the case. Already shows like [police sitcom] Brooklyn Nine-nine are having to reconfigure what they do. I think that’ll reach the big screen too.”

MORE DARKNESS

DAVID RABINOWITZ (CO-WRITER, BLACKKKLANSMAN)

“It’s crazy to say because we’ve had a lot of what have appeared to be dark movies, but I do think screenwriters have held back because things are so depressing in real life. The original script for Jordan Peele’s Get Out, for example, had a super bleak ending. But there was a feeling after Trump took power that audiences needed a win, and they rewrote the end to be more upbeat. I wonder if now we’ll see that darkness unleashed.”