Productions that were already in the works, or those with finished scripts, are expected to rush back into production soon.
With the SAG-AFTRA strike now apparently resolved, Hollywood is headed back to work in earnest -- and that includes some hugely high profile projects that were put on hold when actors went on strike against the AMPTP over the summer. Some of those productions, like Deadpool 3, were almost done with principal photography when the strike started, while others -- think Ridley Scott's upcoming Gladiator sequel -- had not yet started production, but were ready to do so.
The biggest complication is that most productions stop for the holidays. The studios dragged their feet on a deal for so long that many productions won't be able to get back in action until January -- which might have been a strategic move, since it takes those production expenses off the 2023 books and puts them into a year where movies will actually be coming out.
According to the Deadline report, a handful of movies are getting around the holiday issue...by being so close to done that they'll be ready to break again in December. That includes Deadpool 3, which was reportedly very close to completing principal photography when the strike started, as well as Beetlejuiice 2, which has just two days of shooting left. Clint Eastwood's next movie, Juror #2, has less than two weeks left as well.
"Obviously, we'd like to try to preserve a summer of films," Disney boss Robert Iger told Deadline."The entire industry is focused on that. We don't have much time to do that." In that same article, they quote an unnamed filmmaker with a big franchise project in the works as saying the studios are currently fixated on completing any movie that has hopes of being a hit, and released on time in 2024. The article also notes the upcoming Blake Lively movie It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover's bestseller.
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