{"id":87398,"date":"2025-05-24T13:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T13:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=87398"},"modified":"2025-05-24T08:20:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T08:20:50","slug":"hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"kophMFriKZ0tbHD6x6q\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood, a name synonymous with cinema, is seeing its stars fade. Much more than a mythical place, it\u2019s a global industry that generates revenue in the billions making it one of the biggest contributors to California\u2019s economy. Battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, strikes, and devastating wildfires, the film industry is struggling to catch its breath. The box office is plummeting, and studios are relocating for lower production costs \u2014 be it in the United States or abroad. Is Hollywood at the dawn of a revival or at the end of its reign? Val\u00e9rie Defert and Pierrick Leurent explore the challenges facing the movie capital of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1173,1076],"tags":[1561,1102],"class_list":["post-87398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-news","tag-hollywood","tag-movie","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world? - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hollywood, a name synonymous with cinema, is seeing its stars fade. Much more than a mythical place, it\u2019s a global industry that generates revenue in the billions making it one of the biggest contributors to California\u2019s economy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world? - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hollywood, a name synonymous with cinema, is seeing its stars fade. Much more than a mythical place, it\u2019s a global industry that generates revenue in the billions making it one of the biggest contributors to California\u2019s economy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-24T13:11:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2025\/05\/ho.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-24T13:11:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":23,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/ho.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hollywood\",\"Movie\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment News\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world? - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/ho.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-24T13:11:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Hollywood, a name synonymous with cinema, is seeing its stars fade. Much more than a mythical place, it\u2019s a global industry that generates revenue in the billions making it one of the biggest contributors to California\u2019s economy.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/ho.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/ho.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world?\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world? - GuardianTV","description":"Hollywood, a name synonymous with cinema, is seeing its stars fade. Much more than a mythical place, it\u2019s a global industry that generates revenue in the billions making it one of the biggest contributors to California\u2019s economy.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world? - GuardianTV","og_description":"Hollywood, a name synonymous with cinema, is seeing its stars fade. Much more than a mythical place, it\u2019s a global industry that generates revenue in the billions making it one of the biggest contributors to California\u2019s economy.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2025-05-24T13:11:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2025\/05\/ho.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world?","datePublished":"2025-05-24T13:11:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/"},"wordCount":23,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2025\/05\/ho.jpg","keywords":["Hollywood","Movie"],"articleSection":["Entertainment News","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/","name":"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world? - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2025\/05\/ho.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-24T13:11:23+00:00","description":"Hollywood, a name synonymous with cinema, is seeing its stars fade. Much more than a mythical place, it\u2019s a global industry that generates revenue in the billions making it one of the biggest contributors to California\u2019s economy.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2025\/05\/ho.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2025\/05\/ho.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world?"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}