THB #611: The Water Is Freezing

This last weekend, I was very conscious of being happy not to be writing. My wife and I had a long week with a movie every night from last Monday through Saturday night, including a couple movies I didn’t care for… which brought me no joy.

But beyond that, we are in a moment in time in the industry in which those of us looking for things to write are really spinning our wheels. I’d love to be able to say that the ongoing reduction of the industry was something that could be moved or even be given real insight in news stories. But we are floating in the ocean, waiting for the Coast Guard to come save us all. Some of us are on the door. Some are hanging off the edge, really cold.

The Big 3 Column Inch Fillers are more than a little played out right now:
Paramount
Zaslav
Iger’s Replacement

And this upcoming weekend is painful to look forward to, with studios dumping new work by Bob Zemeckis and Clint Eastwood, joining the pile of legendary directors being half-released started by Francis Cop…