THR's editor-at-large looks back on a confusing period that produced mega-mergers and lame-duck CEOs and culminated with John Stankey toasting the town in a Papa Bear onesie.
Not so very long ago, this executive’s simple dream was to work for a thing called a film studio that made a variety of movies, including some that were meant to shoot for awards, others that were meant to make money by the bucket and a few that were modest rolls of the dice that might surprise everyone by having an impact on the culture. The idea was that people might see these movies in the dark, maybe even ignoring their phones for a couple of hours.
The stresses of the rich and powerful are not the stuff of real tragedy, but in Hollywood this year it was possible to recognize the uneasiness that builds in a Shakespeare play when the proper monarch isn’t on the throne. There hasn’t been a real leader in this industry for years now. As the business has transformed at ever-increasing speed, no one has emerged to take the place of Lew Wasserman or Bob Daly or even Mike Ovitz.
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