"We are in a standoff. The actors have been out for a couple of weeks now," Franklin says. "There's really no sign of any progress whatsoever." Are the unions aligned together, writers and actors, or not just working in parallel? 'I think they are for the most part aligned,' he adds.
Hollywood is still shut down by its historic dual strike, but this weekend the industry saw its most explosive box office numbers of the year. So far, Barbie has made over 200 million domestically and Oppenheimer has surpassed 100 million. So are the movies back in business? Or is BarbenHeimer a cultural phenomenon that will be impossible to replicate?
Kara discusses this question with a panel that includes entertainment reporter Matthew Belloni, producer Franklin Leonard and communications expert Brooke Hammerling.
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