“He’s made a few beautiful, small, independent films, and now has this opportunity to be writing and directing a ‘Star Wars,’” Dern said. “So it’s an exciting time where it’s all blurring together a bit. Even though the experiences can be radically different, there are innovators everywhere you look. Cable television is the new United Artists. It’s a space where you can go and they give you autonomy and you make what you want to make, at Netflix or HBO. That’s so exciting.”