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Is bigger better? The blockbuster-flick trend continues
The entertainment business is all about
money-not ro-mance. This year, the major Hollywood studios will look to make blockbuster movies even bigger, while limiting middle-of-the-road efforts, especially serious, romantic and comedy films. Financial scrutiny is ruling the day, and that translates into an uneven picture for TV networks counting on entertainment marketing dollars.
Perhaps, this should come as no surprise. Movie studios are still smarting from what was embarrassingly revealed during the Oscars recently: Hollywood favors big-budget, wham-bam, ooh-ahh-effects films, leaving those thinking-persons’ theatrical movies to the smaller studios, which grabbed numerous awards.
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