Sony/Marvel Show to Resume Writers Room in January

Image: Helen Chen/Marvel Comics All the way back in 2020, it was reported that Sony and Marvel were teaming up to create a TV show for Silk, one of the more recent heroes to spin from Spider-Man’s (Peter Parker’s) supporting cast. In the years since, news on the show has been hard to come by: … Read more

SAG Strike Continues as It Holds Out Against Cancellation Threats

Image: ROBYN BECK / Contributor (Getty Images) After over 100 days of withholding work, SAG-AFTRA is working on a counteroffer to the proposal from four CEOs who met with them on Tuesday. The CEOs are represented by the AMPTP, but Variety reports that their personal involvement was to “impress on SAG-AFTRA leadership the economic stakes … Read more

SAG-AFTRA Commemorates 100 Days of Striking

On July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA confirmed that its members would indeed go on strike. Much like with the WGA months prior, the organization’s discussions with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed to result in an acceptable contract regarding streaming revenue, AI concerns, and much more. And for the first time since … Read more

WGA and AMPTP Reach Tentative Deal

Image: Mario Tama (Getty Images) After tenuous negotiations, the WGA appear to have finally reached a fair deal with the AMPTP after nearly 140 days on strike, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The strike began on May 2, 2023 after the WGA and the AMPTP failed to come to a consensus for terms on writers’ … Read more

WGA Releases Report on Huge 3 Streaming Monopolies

The Writers’ Guild of America West has launched a 15-page report on the massive three streaming companies, outlining precisely how far each has gone to protect and preserve their monopoly within the house. The three firms on the coronary heart of the report are Disney, Amazon, and Netflix. All three of those streaming companies are … Read more

Tron Ares Director Declares Movie’s Delay, Requires Strike Finish

Screenshot: Disney Tron: Ares director Joachim Rønning has confirmed that the anticipated manufacturing begin on the Disney sequel will now not go forward this week because of the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, blaming an “extraordinarily irritating” lack of negotiations on the manufacturing’s want to put off 150 crewmembers indefinitely. Gizmodo Again to College 2023 … Read more

Writers Union Contemplating New AMPTP Supply

Since early Might, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been putting for higher pay and protections towards AI (amongst different circumstances). Over the months, help for the union has persevered throughout varied avenues, and grown as SAG-AFTRA has additionally joined in on the strike efforts. Although final weekend noticed botched negotiations between the WGA … Read more

Hollywood’s Nightmarish AI Proposal for SAG Actors

Picture: Frazer Harrison (Getty Photographs) At as we speak’s SAG-AFTRA strike announcement, the AI proposal put forth by the the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers was aired out for the primary time, and it was stated to incorporate taking scans of background actors to be used not solely in a single mission, however … Read more

Star Trek Author Talks Themed Picket

Final Friday, Could 19, a gaggle of WGA writers have been capable of pull off an unbelievable act of solidarity throughout generations. In entrance of Paramount workplaces, a Star Trek-themed picket convened, unfold by phrase of mouth and using invitation solely channels. Over the course of the four-hour picket block, actors, crewmembers, and naturally, writers, … Read more

Obama Crossed the Picket Line, Hanging Writers Say

Up to date 5/26/2023, 7:17 P.M. ET: The Writers Guild of America-West posted a tweet endorsing President Obama’s statements in assist of the union and strike effort on Friday afternoon, following preliminary publication of this text. Andrew Callaghan on His Radical Method to Interviewing Earlier: The Writers Guild of America is at the moment on … Read more