[ad_1] When film and television writers went on strike 108 days ago, most assumed the studios and streamers would hunker down for a long fight. The companies, many of which are saddled with debt, could save money by cutting costly producer deals and pausing production of movies and TV shows. Industry news outlet Deadline quoted… Continue reading WGA and the studios are talking. What motivated the AMPTP
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WGA Receives New AMPTP Offer, Will Respond Next Week
[ad_1] Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images The AMPTP proposed during its date with the WGA on Friday — at least in the sense that more than 100 days into the writers’ strike, the studios brought a counterproposal to the negotiating table. “We will evaluate their offer and, after deliberation, go back to them with the… Continue reading WGA Receives New AMPTP Offer, Will Respond Next Week
WGA and AMPTP resume talks. Hollywood holds its breath
[ad_1] Negotiators for film and TV writers were set to meet with studio representatives on Friday afternoon, a step that could represent a long-awaited thaw in the icy Hollywood strike that has largely kept the entertainment industry at a standstill since early May. Writers Guild of America members have been on strike for more than… Continue reading WGA and AMPTP resume talks. Hollywood holds its breath
WGA, AMPTP to Resume Negotiations After 101 Days on Strike
[ad_1] Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images It appears the WGA and AMPTP’s meeting to talk about meeting successfully yielded … a meeting. On the 101st day of the writers’ strike, the guild told its members that AMPTP lead negotiator Carol Lombardini has invited the WGA negotiating committee to resume talks. “We expect the AMPTP to provide… Continue reading WGA, AMPTP to Resume Negotiations After 101 Days on Strike
WGA to meet with AMPTP again Friday as writers’ strike stretches on
[ad_1] After more than 100 days of striking, the Writers Guild of America said it has agreed to meet with the negotiators representing the major Hollywood studios again on Friday. The guild said in a Thursday morning message to members that Carol Lombardini, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, asked to… Continue reading WGA to meet with AMPTP again Friday as writers’ strike stretches on
Hollywood strikes: WGA, SAG play good cop, bad cop with AMPTP
[ad_1] You want to know how tense it is in Hollywood right now? SAG-AFTRA is turning out to be even more argumentative and aggressive than the WGA. Less than three weeks after guild president Fran Drescher rattled C-suite windows with her fiery announcement of an actors’ strike, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and… Continue reading Hollywood strikes: WGA, SAG play good cop, bad cop with AMPTP