{"product_id":"hollywood-shutdown-kate-fortmueller-9781477324608","title":"Hollywood Shutdown: Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy March 2020, the spread of COVID-19 had reached pandemic proportions, forcing widespread shutdowns across industries, including Hollywood. Studios, networks and production companies, and the thousands of workers who make film and television possible, were forced to adjust their time-honored business and labor practices. In this book, Kate Fortmueller asks what happened when the coronavirus closed Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHollywood Shutdown\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected film and television production, influenced trends in distribution, reshaped theatrical exhibition, and altered labor practices. From January movie theater closures in China to the bumpy September release of \u003ci\u003eMulan\u003c\/i\u003e on the Disney+ streaming platform, Fortmueller probes various choices made by studios, networks, unions and guilds, distributors, and exhibitors during the evolving crisis. In seeking to explain what happened in the first nine months of 2020, this book also considers how the pandemic will transform Hollywood practices in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Fortmueller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477324607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477324608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Kate Fortmueller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046119928063,"sku":"9781477324608","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74d64bf7-ce8b-496d-8d71-2fa1d8bbedfb.jpg?v=1684982746","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hollywood-shutdown-kate-fortmueller-9781477324608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}