Once upon a time in Hollywood, things were going pretty well.

Think Lala Land's Technicolor fantasy,

The Golden Age of Streaming, Game of Thrones, seasons 1 through six but then came the COVID shutdowns and then before

things had time to recover the writer and actor strikes.

This was exactly the year when it was supposed to be full steam ahead, like finally, we're back to a full slate,

and in that sense the strike, like, it could not have been worse time, like any gains at the

box office that were made last year, and last year was pretty good, but nowhere near what

it was before the pandemic, this year... This year box office forecasters already know that it's not going to come close

to what last year did. There just aren't enough movies to get to that number.

Hollywood's Gritty reboot.

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