This story is a part of The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Next Gen issue. Read the 32nd annual Next Gen list of rising executives here.
To get a sense of what it’s like to work in Hollywood at this moment for young(er) professionals, THR anonymously surveyed the past couple of years of its annual Next Gen list of on-the-rise executives. Questions ranged from office mandates and streamers of choice to how Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav stacks up against Disney CEO Bob Iger and whether Birkenstocks count as appropriate officewear.
Check out the results below.
Office Mandates
59.6 Percent Are Unsure About AI
That’s the percentage of surveyed Next Gen alumni who say they have “no idea” if AI will “destroy” or “save” Hollywood. 22.6 percent chose “destroy” and 12.8 percent chose “save”.
Officewear in 2025
70.2 Percent Are More Excited by DC Studios
That’s the percentage of surveyed Next Gen alumni who say they are more excited by DC Studios than Marvel Studios, which earned 29.8 percent of the vote.
Rank the Performance of Entertainment CEOs
Today’s Hollywood Dream Job? Top Film/TV Producer
34.4 percent of surveyed Next Gen alumni chose a film/TV producer as the current brass ring of Hollywood dream jobs. A streamer’s head of content came in at No. 2 (23.3 percent), followed by CEO of an entertainment company (13.3 percent), head of a talent agency (8.9 percent) and film studio chief (7.8 percent). Write-in answers included “a tech company CEO” and Larry Ellison.
Streaming Supremacy
