Hollywood is . Actors and screenwriters are months into a dual strike. Film sets are dark. But the movies are still coming 91裸聊视频� or, at least, most of them. Even if that means some potentially solitary red-carpet walks.
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Though the ongoing actors and screenwriters strikes are casting a pall over the fall movie season and , a parade of awards contenders and autumn blockbusters are on the way, nevertheless.
The fall has long been the preferred domain of filmmakers and auteurs, but this year that91裸聊视频檚 doubly so. With cast members largely prevented from promotion duties, directors 91裸聊视频� whether helming an Oscar shoo-in or superhero blockbuster 91裸聊视频� are carrying the load, albeit very reluctantly.
91裸聊视频淚 think we91裸聊视频檙e now in a new world,91裸聊视频� DaCosta says of the strike. 91裸聊视频淓verything that91裸聊视频檚 happening is an existential search that our industry is doing. It won91裸聊视频檛 be solved in one round of negotiations. But I91裸聊视频檓 hoping that the studios can end the strike soon and get us all back to work 91裸聊视频� to work for them.91裸聊视频�
Up until now, the ongoing stalemate has had a modest effect on late-summer movie releases. carried theaters through August.
But now that the strikes have rounded Labor Day, with no end in sight, Hollywood91裸聊视频檚 high season is imperiled. It has already of much of its star power and will soon do the same to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Can you launch an Oscar campaign without its potential nominee? How about a global spectacle without its cast? Everyone is hoping the strikes ends soon, but it91裸聊视频檚 clear that, not long after COVID-19 upended the industry, the usual rhythms of the fall movie season have again been blown to smithereens.
Much is in flux. is in. is out. Release-date jockeying continues. But for many of the filmmakers releasing films in the coming months, even their own movies aren91裸聊视频檛 the top concern.
91裸聊视频淭his fall is such an exciting time for movies. I just want to see every movie coming out,91裸聊视频� says Emerald Fennell, whose high-society satire opens Nov. 24. 91裸聊视频淏ut for the industry to be sustainable 91裸聊视频� for it to be much more accessible to people, for it to be better paid for everyone at every single level 91裸聊视频� that91裸聊视频檚 the thing. That91裸聊视频檚 the priority as far as I91裸聊视频檓 concerned.91裸聊视频�
Screenwriters have been on strike for four months. The guild91裸聊视频檚 representatives with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf of the studios, in August. But no breakthrough has followed. Instead, both sides have publicly sparred, dimming hopes that summer would end with a deal.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists began its work stoppage on Jul 14. The AMPTP has yet to reengage the guild91裸聊视频檚 leadership in talks.
As time has dragged on and picket lines have kept up the pressure, what may have once seemed like a disagreement over a handful of issues has swelled into over the future of and with
For now, the strikes are leaving festival stages unusually bare and red-carpet premieres quiet or non-existent. Such a prospect has forced some films out of 2023, including two starring Zendaya. 91裸聊视频淒une: Part Two91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淐hallengers91裸聊视频� , as has the 91裸聊视频淲onder91裸聊视频� spinoff 91裸聊视频淲hite Bird.91裸聊视频�
Many of the fall91裸聊视频檚 top titles have stayed put or shuffled backward, hoping resolution comes in early autumn. Those include late October releases like (in theaters Oct. 20) and November entries like the prequel (Nov. 17) and Ridley Scott91裸聊视频檚 (Nov. 22), with Joaquin Phoenix.
Meanwhile, the campaigns for some potential Academy Awards contenders such as Colman Domingo (George C. Wolfe91裸聊视频檚 ; in theaters Nov. 3, on Netflix Nov. 17) and Paul Giamatti (Alexander Payne91裸聊视频檚 ; in theaters Oct. 27, expands Nov. 10) will get underway without either present to take a bow.
To Payne, whose film co-stars newcomer Dominic Sessa and Da91裸聊视频橵ine Joy Randolph, that loss is heartbreaking.
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