The historic Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike of 2023 is officially drawing to a close tonight. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the WGA strike will end on Wednesday, September 27 at 12:01 a.m. PT. On September 24, the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) reached a tentative agreement after months… Read More »
The striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) resumed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) today. The two entities are set return to the bargaining table tomorrow. “The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining today and will meet again tomorrow,” the two organizations confirmed in a rare joint statement. According to Variety, the… Read More »
Saladin K. Patterson’s reboot of The Wonder Years will not be returning for a third season on ABC. As broken by Deadline, ABC has opted to pull the plug on The Wonder Years after two seasons. The Disney-owned network may have foreshadowed this development when it pushed The Wonder Years Season 2’s premiere from midseason… Read More »
Amid the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, the union’s leaders are suggesting that the studio member companies of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) break from the organization and negotiate with them individually. “[D]uring individual conversations with legacy studio executives in the weeks since SAG-AFTRA went on strike, we have… Read More »
SAG-AFTRA announced on Monday it will no longer grant interim agreements to independent projects written under the previous Writers Guild of America contract. What is the latest update from SAG-AFTRA? Going forward, SAG-AFTRA will stop offering deals to films produced in the U.S. and written under the previous WGA contract (via Variety). In a statement… Read More »
With the SAG-AFTRA strike underway, many high-profile projects in Hollywood have already temporarily halted. These include Marvel Studios productions, such as Deadpool 3 and the Daredevil: Born Again series. Marvel Studios bosses Kevin Feige and Louis D’Esposito have issued a joint statement to their staff. The heads address production delays caused by the simultaneous strikes… Read More »
According to Empire (via /Film), the Mission: Impossible 8 production has been temporarily shut down due to the ongoing WGA writers strike. This delay comes on the heels of director Christopher McQuarrie confirming that he has completed the post-production work on Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One just in time for its highly-anticipated debut… Read More »
Executive producer George R.R. Martin has announced his “full and complete and unequivocal support” of the Writers Guild of America’s writers strike. The author has confirmed development on HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight has been temporarily shut down until the strike reaches a fair conclusion.… Read More »
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “an office copy machine in front of a hollywood-style explosion.” Midjourney reader comments 179 with The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is seeking to restrict the use of generative AI in writing film and TV scripts as part of an ongoing strike, reports Reuters. The concerns come at a… Read More »