I was at a party this past weekend, and like many parties, I stood in the corner talking with people who work in film and TV about the state of the industry. There's no other way to say this: Hollywood is so weird right now. Nothing feels quite right, and as we get deeper into 2025, it's freaking people out about another down year. I'm pretty tired of living in unprecedented times, but the only thing helping me through is dissecting just how we got here and putting some optimism about where we're going. Let's dive in. 'The Skin I Live In'CREDIT: PatheWhat Does Hollywood Look Like in 2025? A healthy Hollywood is very good for the movie and TV industry worldwide. It makes the box office money and trickles down into jobs for cast, crew, writers, directors, producers, and every other job on set. Right now, Hollywood is still trying to figure out what 2025 will look like. but I'll give you a snapshot of what it is right now. It's a plate of leftovers. Let me explain. When COVID hit in 2020, film and TV basically stopped production. It was too expensive for most projects to be done, so they just sat in development. Some companies bought scripts and IP at the time to give their execs something to work on and shoot when we came out of it. Well, we came out of COVID in 2022, and productions were slow to come to fruition. Companies were not...
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