Deadline experiences that Hollywood studio execs are supposed to fulfill tonight with the intention to “get on the identical web page” concerning negotiations with the at the moment hanging writing and appearing guilds, presumably after the most recent spherical of unhealthy press surrounding the AMPTP’s failure to barter in good religion.
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The purpose right here is that even when Hollywood trades—of which Deadline is one—most likely can’t be trusted fully to report on the strike with certainty, given their well-known relationships with the higher echelons of the trade, the truth that considered one of them is even reporting one thing so simple as that a few of the largest names behind Hollywood’s studios are “squabbling” speaks to how poorly the scenario goes, and the way dire the overall notion of the studios throughout these strikes is, proper now. Whereas Deadline doesn’t cite any particular named sources right here, and plenty of statements are merely couched in imprecise feedback akin to “we hear”—reporter parlance for data sourced on background, from folks requesting anonymity—it’s not even remotely shocking given latest occasions that there’s s a whiff of fact to all this.
Whereas Bob Iger (supposedly) received’t be in attendance—after the Disney head needed to stroll again his personal PR nightmare within the early days of SAG-AFTRA becoming a member of the WGA on strike—Deadline experiences that Disney’s Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, Mike Hopkins and Jennifer Salke of Amazon Studios, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Donna Langley of Common, and seemingly perpetual Hollywood villain of the week, Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav, ought to all be concerned with the assembly tonight.
This transfer relies on the leaks and press releases the AMPTP suffered from final week because the rake totally hit them within the face. They’d, you’ll keep in mind, requested for a media blackout throughout earlier August negotiations with the WGA. Then, as quickly as they didn’t get their manner, they went public with the negotiations—which went very badly for them.
“Earlier than some [studio executives] needed responsible Carol [Lombardini, president of the AMPTP], accused her of being caught utilizing a pre-streaming playbook,” one supply mentioned to Deadline. “Now which have solely themselves responsible for a way unhealthy issues look. That’s why they introduced in [PR film] the Levinson Group, and that’s why they’re squabbling.”
Possibly they wouldn’t look unhealthy if the AMPTP really tried assembly the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in good religion? Only a thought.
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