The 2026 Hollywood Issue by Theo Wenner

[water splashing]

[onlookers screaming]

[Man] Get out of the water!

[Woman] Oh my god, thank you.

[Man] I can't believe you did that.

[waves crashing]

[ship horn sounding]

[seagulls squawking]

[glass shatters]

[parrot chirping]

[bell chiming]

Wait.

[Director] All right, here we go.

[director speaking indistinctly]

[Director] Ready, and action.

[waves crashing]

[camera shuttering]

[seagulls squawking]

[sighing]

[knocking]

[police sirens wailing]

[phone beeping]

[Robotic Woman] Your call has been forwarded

to an automatic voice message system.

[phone beeping]

[instruments playing indistinctly]

[trumpet playing]

[Conductor] Okay, guys, let's take it from the top.

[indistinct chatter]

And I think, maybe, like a little more-

a little more-

[indistinct chatter]

[both laughing]

[door closing]

[footsteps]

[camera crackling]

[laughing]

[papers rustling]

Right. Where were we?

Maybe it's just me, but it feels like

we can't get through a single cast without-

[conversation muffles]

[camera shuttering]

[bell ringing]

[electronic whirring]

[snapping fingers]

[waves crashing and seabirds squawking]

[muffled conversation]

[waves crashing]