The Hero's Journey is, in effect, the dominant and most successful pattern for telling effective stories. This pattern is being developed as stories are produced but also, many stories are produced with it as a template. So what's going on? A number of factors are probably in play, including:
a) Story and screenwriters are consciously aware of the Hero's Journey and Transformation and model their work around it.
b) Story and screenwriters study other successful work that is most relevant to their own and ask the right questions: why is the hero on the bus then? Why does that person get shot at that point in the story? Why does the scenery change there? Why does the hero have new clothes at that point? Why do the heroes in five distinctly different movies get submerged underwater at that point? And so on. As a result of this process, the Hero's Journey pattern is mirrored.
c) Certain dynamic and dramatic techniques make more effective stories. These can be found time and again in screenplays, novels, short stories and so on. Again, as a result, the Hero's Journey pattern is mirrored.
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