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    1 pandemic and 2 strikes later, what will become of the movie industry?

    LOS ANGELES — The movie industry was still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic when two of the most essential parts of the Hollywood machine — writers and actors — went on twin strikes. The dual walkouts, which hampered development and halted production on the vast majority of films and TV shows in the works at big studios, dealt another blow to theater chains still fighting to return to ...
    by Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times Nov 10, 2023 5 minutes
    A movie theater box office is pictured announcing the opening of "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie," in Los Angeles on July 20, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — The movie industry was still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic when two of the most essential parts of the Hollywood machine — writers and actors — went on twin strikes.

    The dual walkouts, which hampered development and halted production on the vast majority of films and TV shows in the works at big studios, dealt another blow to theater chains still fighting to return to pre-pandemic levels of business.

    Production is poised to resume after the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on Wednesday declared the end of the actors' strike, which saw the union gain higher wages, improved benefits and protections related to artificial intelligence for its members.

    But the movie business is still reeling from the effects of the work stoppages by both actors and members of the Writers Guild of America (the writers reached a

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