The more things change, the more the Hollywood studios stay the same.

In some respects, nothing has changed.

It wasnt Margot Robbie andBarbievs.

Barbie and Oppenheimer

Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’ and Cillian Murphy stars in ‘Oppenheimer’Warner Bros/Universal

Cillian Murphy andOppenheimer, though.

It was Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods inLegally Blonde 2vs.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in his last appearance as the Terminator before becoming the governor of California.

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Terminator 3opened at the top of the box office that weekend.

Today, the complaints about the movie business are much the same.

We dont have big studio money to market this movie, he says, but we have you.

But wait, havent we seen this movie also starring Jim Caveziel before?

The movie business is cyclical more than people often like to admit.

But that strategy is as old as showbiz itself.

And how about someoriginalmovie ideas?