Movie director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie) has commented on the movie landscape these days, saying there is a "complete saturation" of known IP dominating the box office that is threatening the existence of lower-budget productions. Hollywood's attraction to big-budget films from known franchise could "strangle out" new ideas, the director said.

Speaking to Vice, Blomkamp said movies with budgets in the range of $40 million-$60 million, like his 2015 movie Chappie--may not be around for much longer.

"The films like Chappie--between $40 and $60 million dollar film where there's enough money to really put some imagery on the screen but it isn't $120 million or $200 million, that zone of film with IP that doesn't exist, which is a new idea, that feels like it's a dying breed," he said. "I don't think that's a good thing at all."