ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY AND AWARD NEWS
AUGUST 10, 2020
The Future of Hollywood May Look Like the Past
While many of us weren’t paying attention, a federal judge in Manhattan made a monumental decision—one that could have an enormous effect on the way films are exhibited, once movie theaters across the nation can safely open their doors once more. In fact, the judge was reversing an old ruling, one that had stood since 1948. As Jordan Hoffman explains it: “The ‘Paramount Decrees’ stemmed from a Supreme Court ruling that disallowed movie studios from owning their own theaters. It also ended (or at least curtailed) the practice of ‘block booking,’ in which a studio could force titles of less interest onto theaters if they also wanted something that was a more surefire hit.” In short: This reversal may pave the way for a future in which movie studios once again own movie theaters, creating old-school entertainment monopolies. Who said the studio system was dead?
Elsewhere in HWD, K. Austin Collins finds a bit of blooming interest in a new adaptation of The Secret Garden;Christopher Eccleston returns to the Doctor Who-niverse 15 years after their acrimonious breakup; Katey Rich previewsan intriguing new podcast about Silvio Berlusconi; and Disney World deals with the fallout of its corona-era reopening.
Elsewhere in HWD, K. Austin Collins finds a bit of blooming interest in a new adaptation of The Secret Garden;Christopher Eccleston returns to the Doctor Who-niverse 15 years after their acrimonious breakup; Katey Rich previewsan intriguing new podcast about Silvio Berlusconi; and Disney World deals with the fallout of its corona-era reopening.
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