Hollywood Faces Uncertain Future Amid Leadership Void, Labor Unrest, and Artistic Decline
• Leadership vacuum in Hollywood with no clear successor to Bob Iger or other past titans to guide industry through turmoil • Labor strikes and production shutdowns disrupted recovery from COVID, casting doubt on 2024 film slate • Marvel's declining quality and box office returns raise fears about health of overall theatrical business • DIVv\Odeadly terror attacks in Israel exposed bitter divides within Writers Guild and industry over response • Looming threat that studios will bypass guilds and use AI, testing fragile peace achieved in strike settlements