> Hollywood could unionize because no matter how famous no star alone is capable of walking out the door to make a new studio. I don't think that's quite true:

> Hollywood could unionize because no matter how famous no star alone is capable of walking out the door to make a new studio. I don't think that's quite true: United Artists was founded specifically by stars that walked out of the door, hence its name. And today lots of stars have their own production companies, and the studio simply acts as the distributor. They handle getting the movie into cinemas, but otherwise don't have a financial stake. Some examples that come to mind: * Will Ferrell: Gary Sanchez Productions * Tom Cruise: Cruise/Wagner * Adam Sandler: Happy Madison * Brad Pitt: Plan B * Shonda Rhimes: Shondaland Both Shondaland and Happy Madison aren't beholden to regular studios at all, they simply have multi-picture deals with the highest bidder (in both cases, Netflix).