Film industry is on the verge of a breakdown
Streamers offer more content than you could hope to consume in a lifetime for the price of one movie ticket
04 April 2025 - 05:00
It’s no coincidence that (slight spoiler alert) the still-to-air two-episode finale of The Studio — Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s bright, funny Apple TV+ satire of the movie business — takes place in Las Vegas at the annual CinemaCon.
CinemaCon, where studios spend millions on bringing out the stars of their upcoming releases to encourage cinema chains to book their productions, has become an increasingly desperate and significant sales pitch for film producers...
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