Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

Shyamalan is forecasting a future in which theatrical cinema becomes a niche, “high-art” practice rather than a mass medium. The phrase “esoteric art form” suggests films surviving in a rarified cultural space—sustained by a small audience, limited venues, and a handful of distinctive auteurs—while mainstream visual storytelling migrates to other platforms (streaming, episodic series, short-form video). Implicitly, the quote also expresses anxiety about shrinking theatrical exhibition and consolidation in distribution: if only a “small group of theaters” remain viable for certain releases, the communal, wide-release model that defined 20th-century moviegoing could give way to something closer to gallery culture or live performance, where access is selective and scale is limited.