Japan Earthquake Impacts Hollywood Studios And Stocks

How Japan's Earthquake Affects Hollywood

The impact of the Japan earthquake, tsunami and unfolding nuclear crisis on Hollywood could be felt for months as studios and foreign distributors re-evaluate release calendars and showbiz stocks take a fall.

And if the catastrophe worsens, the impact on box office could be even more devastating.

"Everybody is going to look at their lineup for the rest of the year," one studio distributor says. "Once you start moving films back, you are going to pinch other movies. Sequencing will become very tricky.

"It's an hour-by-hour, day-by-day situation," the exec adds. "If these nuclear reactors actually do have a big problem, it's a whole different ballgame."

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