Movie Star Fatigue Hits Hollywood As Their Glittery Stock Plummets

"Movie stars' stock plummets" from the Los Angeles Times reports that the only thing sinking faster than the Dow Jones Industrial Average the box office from recent star studded blockbuster movies which does live up to the frequently cited abbreviation - BO.  Ironically it is other sorts of movies that are pulling in the cash - and thus is movie star fatigue rather than movie fatigue.

Paying a movie star $20 million is supposed to be a high-percentage bet, a way of giving studio chiefs a reasonable chance at getting a good night's sleep in the weeks before a film's release. But there's a growing tension today between the kind of material movie stars want to do and the kind of material studios want to build their slates around. Having spent years honing their craft and building an image, most stars want a dramatic challenge -- they don't want to stand in front of green screens for three months.

With the adult drama being a genre that's almost dead at most studios, it's increasingly hard to find a common ground where stars can jump into challenging material that studios see as marketable material at the box office.