What will happen to the future of cinematic pop culture once airlines take away in-flight movies? Well, I guess that will force more people to read a book, go to sleep or listen to their iPods.

US Airways stated that it will stop offering in-flight movies on domestic flights this fall to cut expenses. This is mainly due to the already expensive cost of fuel.

Apparently nontheatrical distribution to airlines accounts for more than 80% of the total $25 million or more in revenue that each studio makes per year.

Julian Levin, Fox’s exec vice president in charge of nontheatrical sales doesn’t think other major airlines will follow US Airways’ trend. He says of other airlines, “I think they will continue to offer entertainment to their passengers, even in the extremely difficult environment of rising fuel costs.”

Here’s the entire story.

Will they really disregard the environment and continue to entertain passengers? Probably, because Hollywood doesn’t care about our natural resources and is too busy making money off of under-aged pop stars and glamorizing the stories of third world countries that don’t even have access to running water?

Or maybe Hollywood socialites are in disbelief that airlines have to cut back daily flights because of the fuel crisis… and they might not be able to make it to their vacation homes in Europe.

I personally think that whatever can be done to cut fuel emissions and decrease energy usage on airplanes should be implemented.

One idea: when you purchase tickets, everyone should be offered a chance to buy carbon credits to offset the emissions of their flight.

Let’s see how many people in Hollywood, who obviously can afford it, would actually do it.