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The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Biggest Debacles of 2023: Studio Screwups, Executive Misfires, and Underrated Disasters

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the biggest disasters of 2023 after a chaotic and frustrating year in Hollywood. With the labor shutdowns being the clear answer for the biggest debacle, Matt and Lucas look beyond the strikes to nominate what they believe have been the most calamitous misfires in the industry this year. For a 20 percent discount on Matt’s Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I’m Hearing ...,’ click here. Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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December 18th. I think this will always be known as the lost year in Hollywood. Partially because

1:07.6

of the writers and actor strikes literally shut down the industry from May through November, more than six months of this year. But even before the strikes, most

1:16.0

people knew we were headed in that direction. There was a lot of stockpiling and reluctance

1:20.5

to start shooting projects that producers feared to be cut off mid-shoot. That strike was clearly

1:25.4

the debacle of the year in Hollywood. Billions in jobs and

1:29.0

revenue lost. The entire industry disrupted in ways that I don't think are even being appreciated

1:33.6

quite yet. But today for our Hollywood debacles of the year episode, we're going beyond the strike.

1:39.2

We're going to ignore that big albatross. And instead, we've got Lucas Shaw from Bloomberg in here.

1:43.8

And we're going to

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