CAA Metaverse Director Joanna Popper knew that Anthony Hopkins’ first non-fungible token would be popular, but she did not anticipate that it would sell out in seven minutes.

popper joined the hollywood reporter senior business editor Ashley Cullins Wednesday in a question-and-answer session at THR Annual Power Business Managers event. He discussed topics ranging from the evolution of the Internet to capitalizing on opportunities in the metaverse and the Bored Ape Yacht Club.

Popper explained that the metaverse is the “next wave of the Internet”. First there was the dot-com boom and then came the “cloud, mobile and social disruption where we started using our phones for everything”. She said this wave will be “more interactive, more immersive, more 3D and more real…