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Back in June, director Steven Spielberg — who helped launch the mega blockbuster in Hollywood –surprised insiders by predicting that the era of the franchise/merchandizing movie was drawing to a close.  As recounted by the acerbic Timothy Egan, in the NY Times: Steven Spielberg, who nearly invented the summer blockbuster with “Jaws,” was ruminating about theContinue reading “Is it over for the blockbuster movie in Hollywood?”