2024 box office: Strike delays lower expectations by $1 billion
Bad news first: Thanks to the wreckage inflicted on Hollywood’s production apparatus during the six months of combined actors’ and…
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Five big themes for Hollywood in 2024
The new year in Hollywood always brings certain traditions: resolutions, predictions, last-minute deals squeezed in before quarter-end. Naturally, media reporters…
How the streaming business learned to love licensing again
When Disney+, HBO Max (now just Max) and other streaming services were launched, the idea behind their strategies was simple…
Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Disney made ‘fun-flation’ a 2023 buzzword
Economic uncertainty, an unstable geopolitical climate and sticker shock at the local grocery store ($7 for a little pack of…
SAG-AFTRA members vote to approve deal that ended strike, bringing relief to union leaders and Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s actors have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four…
What follows Bob Iger’s ‘Mr. Fix It’ era at Disney?
After the year of negative headlines Walt Disney Co. has had, I suppose it’s not exactly a shock that Chief…
Opinion: Can Hollywood’s new SAG-AFTRA contract hold AI at bay?
After months of strikes by the writers’ and screen actors’ unions — and billions of dollars in losses to California’s…
Video games could be the ‘new comic book movies’ for Hollywood
Let’s face it, the entertainment industry’s intellectual property obsession isn’t going anywhere. But it might need to shift focus as…
SAG-AFTRA releases draft contract as members vote
SAG-AFTRA has released the full draft agreement it reached with the major studios that ended the 118-day actors’ strike earlier…
Is Showtime’s ‘The Curse’ the ultimate Peak TV show?
In many ways, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s black comedy “The Curse” feels designed to become a zeitgeist show. It…