Hollywood strikes stretching beyond this year would be 'problematic': Cineplex CEO
TORONTO - As television and film writers passed the 100th day of striking and actors neared a month on the picket lines, the chief executive of Canada's largest cinema chain is hoping “common sense will prevail” and the sides will have reached an agreement by the of the year.
Some studios, including Disney, have since grappled with less star power on red carpets and some movies, including “Challengers,” the Zendaya-starring tennis film once slated to open the Venice Film Festival, have had their releases moved back. The biggest movies came on July 21, when “Barbie,” the film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling about the popular Mattel doll, and “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan's epic about the creation of the atomic bomb, debuted.
“If you asked me two years ago, 'Is it going to do a billion dollars?' I would have said, 'Are you dreaming?”' Jacob said of the film's box office performance.
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