Hollywood Meets DeFi: David Goyer’s Blockchain-Powered Sci-Fi Gamble

Dark Knight scribe David Goyer just placed his bets—not on box office receipts, but on blockchain infrastructure for his next universe-building project. The filmmaker behind Blade and Foundation is diving headfirst into Web3, leveraging distributed ledger tech to fund, distribute, and potentially crowdsource his next franchise.

Goyer’s move mirrors a growing trend of creators bypassing traditional studio models—though whether this is visionary filmmaking or just another NFT cash grab remains to be seen. (After all, what better way to fund dystopian sci-fi than with the most volatile currency since Confederate dollars?)

The project could pioneer new models for IP ownership—or join the graveyard of abandoned metaverse pivots. Either way, it’s proof Hollywood’s finally reading the crypto whitepapers instead of just the profit margins.