Look for next year’s movie release schedule to be full of remakes and easy-bets. I spoke with a Hollywood actor who said that the bottom has completely fallen out of the movie market.

“Only $200 millions, there’s no more room for $20 millions,” he said. So actors will now be splitting their time between cash-grabs and cred-grabs—works with high-integrity and low pay. Problem Child IV 3D anyone?

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