Exclusive: The major Fall film festivals – Venice, Toronto, and Telluride especially – may be fearing more by the day that the current combined WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes are going to put a serious crimp in their plans for star-filled glorious fests that also can have an impact in launching awards season (just today MGM announced Zendaya’s Challengers withdrew as the Venice Opening Night film and its release moved to late April 2024 due to actors strike). With the clock ticking, and August just around the corner these fests have to start planning what life will look like without the buzzy boost of A-list stars and a feeling by distributors and studios that maybe they ought to second guess current (as yet mostly unnannounced) participation with their awards bait films which could be moving all over the release map. Following the shutdowns of the pandemic these festivals got their mojo back last year,...
- 7/21/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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