I have no idea what the future of any film will be, anyone's guess is certainly as good as mine. But nobody seems to have mentioned disposable cameras. These things still seem to sell pretty well, at least I see a lot of people using them in tourist places like Disneyworld and I've read that they remain very popular in less affluent countries. Even before digital caught on I remember reading that sales of 35mm color film in disposables constituted something like 50% of all sales of 35mm color film. So my totally uninformed guess is that we'll continue seeing color 35mm film as long as sales of disposable cameras are good enough and when they aren't we won't.
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