As the Hollywood strikes continue, the rumbling in the industry is that we can say goodbye to new movies for the rest of the year.
Gelfond was bullish that most 2023 films would stay in place, but he suggested recirculating some other new releases.was shunted out of its Imax berth byone week after its debut. Nolan’s movie, which has seen high demand for Imax seats, could also resurface if the pickings get slim. “Not only is’s run was truncated. I think that’s something we can bring back and do very well on documentaries,” Gelfond said.
He suggested that studios would bear significant cost if they bounced their tentpoles further away on the calendar. “From a dollars-and-cents numbers perspective, it just doesn’t make any sense to me that they would move it,” Gelfond said. “The only reason they would move it is they want to get a premiere and put it onWhile he was singling out thesequel in that case, “you could go through all of them and the same logic kind of applies,” Gelfond added.
The writers strike has already had a suppressive effect, although it hasn’t stopped everything the way a joint actor walkout eventually did. One recent high-profile gathering hinted at the problems on the horizon.premiere held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, just before that blockbuster’s release,was able to attend and make a speech beforehand due to her role as a director.
“From the first line to the last cut, this movie is his as much as anyone’s. He is a Barbie girl,” she joked. “Nothing onhappened without him, and nothing in Hollywood happens without writers.” Gerwig then went on to introduce more than a dozen actors from her cast: Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Scott Evans, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Dua Lipa, Ana Cruz Kayne, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, America Ferrera, Ryan Gosling,Now imagine an empty stage. An empty, street-size pink carpet. A two-story Dreamhouse with a curling slide, but no talent to pose in front of it. It would be more buzzkill than buzz.
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