‘Shawshank Redemption’ star Tim Robbins on the future of cinema: “We’re in big trouble”

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The Shawshank Redemption alongside Morgan Freeman – has long been an esteemed veteran, making his acting debut all the way back in 1982.

Since then, he’s gone on to star in classics such as Top Gun, Jungle Fever and Mystic River among many others.Currently, he’s starring in the Apple TV+‘s sci-fi dystopian series Silo with Rebecca Ferguson.

Speaking to The Guardian about the project and his career, he voiced his concerns for the future of the industry.According to Robbins, the future of Hollywood is bleak if it continues to be dictated by streaming platforms and how well movies that are recommended to viewers based on algorithms perform: “You go on Netflix right now, you see what films are coming out and you tell me that that’s the future of cinema?

We’re in big trouble.”To further drive his point across, he reiterated that he thinks high-quality films will still succeed and create a lasting impact, but that it’ll be far less frequent than the pre-streaming era.“We’re at 30 years now [on from] Shawshank Redemption,” said. “When it came out it got good reviews, it got nominated for Academy awards, but nobody saw it.