In recent years, Sony has disrupted the visual language of the genre with the Spider-Verse series, blending street art aesthetics with comic book heritage to redefine what modern animation looks like. Why These Studios Matter

Warner Bros. didn’t invent the movie, but they arguably invented the movie industry as we know it. In the 1930s, they defined the "gangster genre" with films like The Public Enemy . In the 70s, they defined the "New Hollywood" movement, taking risks on darker, auteur-driven films like The Exorcist and A Clockwork Orange .