Yes, the strike is saving Hollywood studios money. But the downsides are more important
1 year, 4 months ago

Yes, the strike is saving Hollywood studios money. But the downsides are more important

LA Times  

Welcome to the Wide Shot, a newsletter about the business of entertainment. “Of course, there’s the short-term benefit from the strike that the media companies will recognize higher free cash flow as production is shut down,” said Robert Fishman, a media analyst with the research firm MoffettNathanson. Not to mention “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” — a franchise-revitalizing hit for Paramount Pictures — and smaller successes like A24’s “Talk to Me.” Studios can’t go a year without new movies and TV shows. But I’m also interested in the staying power of “Elemental,” which survived its weak opening weekend and has grossed more than $400 million, globally, including $148 million in the U.S. and Canada. — A showrunner’s memo on the “death spiral of Hollywood monopolies.” Film shoots Here’s the latest data from FilmLA: Finally.

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We checked in with Hollywood writers a year after the strike. They’re not OK
7 months, 1 week ago

We checked in with Hollywood writers a year after the strike. They’re not OK

LA Times  

For 14 straight years, Ted Sullivan was consistently paid to pen stories for the screen. “It’s not enough to go in with a pitch,” said Chuck Rose, a 20-year writing veteran with several TV and film projects now in development as well as a series on Amazon. “I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone who follows the business.” The …

Labor unrest defined Hollywood in 2023. Here’s what we learned from the twin strikes
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Labor unrest defined Hollywood in 2023. Here’s what we learned from the twin strikes

LA Times  

Members and supporters of SAG-AFTRA picket in front of Netflix on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. “‘We’re not alone.’” Erin T. Hill, assistant professor of media and popular culture at UC San Diego, said that striking actors and writers benefited from a “perfect storm of what’s been going on with everyone’s job throughout the country.” “The fact that these two unions …

Here’s how many jobs L.A. lost during the Hollywood strikes
1 year ago

Here’s how many jobs L.A. lost during the Hollywood strikes

LA Times  

Entertainment employment in the greater Los Angeles area took a big hit during the writers’ and actors’ strikes, according to a study released Thursday by the Otis College of Art and Design in conjunction with Westwood Economics and Planning Associates. The writers’ and actors’ strikes — which ended in September and November, respectively — undoubtedly took a major toll, hampering …

Hollywood’s strikes are over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn’t
1 year, 1 month ago

Hollywood’s strikes are over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn’t

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happily-ever-after. There’s too much content and nobody seems to be able to make any profit from it,” says Jonathan Taplin, director emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and author of “The End of …

Editorial: Finally, Hollywood is back to work. Ending the strikes is good for L.A.
1 year, 1 month ago

Editorial: Finally, Hollywood is back to work. Ending the strikes is good for L.A.

LA Times  

Supporters of SAG-AFTRA picket in front of the Netflix offices along Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles on Oct. 18. After a record-breaking 118-day strike, Hollywood film and television actors were allowed to go back to work Thursday after their union reached a tentative deal with the major studios. The writers’ and actors’ strikes were part of a wave of labor …

Column: The Hollywood strikes are finally over. But we won’t repair the damage anytime soon
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: The Hollywood strikes are finally over. But we won’t repair the damage anytime soon

LA Times  

The Hollywood strikes may be over, but in many ways the pain has just begun. — the studios, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, decided this spring that it was perfectly acceptable to force the entertainment industry, the state of California and the entire country to suffer through a combined 191-day work stoppage before they would …

Movies and TV shows affected by Hollywood actors and screenwriters’ strikes
1 year, 1 month ago

Movies and TV shows affected by Hollywood actors and screenwriters’ strikes

Associated Press  

Hollywood actors and studios are edging closer to a possible end to a strike that has halted much of the industry’s production for more than three months. The two sides on Thursday were meeting to discuss the actors’ latest counter-proposal on language surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in production, a major sticking point in reaching the three-year contract agreement …

Strikes! Camera! No action – how the writers’ strike changed Hollywood forever
1 year, 2 months ago

Strikes! Camera! No action – how the writers’ strike changed Hollywood forever

The Independent  

A Hollywood evening heavy with traffic and anticipation. “They’re like ghost towns,” one producer scouting locations and visiting Pinewood told me last week. open image in gallery WGA members celebrate their win after the historic writers’ strike “It highlights what a fragile industry we are,” one prominent UK producer involved in a Hollywood production told me, admitting to feeling powerless …

Will Hollywood come back on track after the end of writers and actors' strike?
1 year, 2 months ago

Will Hollywood come back on track after the end of writers and actors' strike?

Firstpost  

In the coming weeks, WGA members will vote on whether to ratify a tentative agreement, which requires studios and production companies to disclose to writers if any material given to them has been generated by AI partially or in full In what will go down in Hollywood history as a movement that shook and shocked the globe, the writers went …

Hollywood Strike | Actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers’ strike ends
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollywood Strike | Actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers’ strike ends

The Hindu  

With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at cutting their own deal with studios and streaming services. By mid-morning, the hosts of NBC's “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers”, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS had announced they'd also return, all by …

Hollywood’s strike enters its final act, as writers reach a deal
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollywood’s strike enters its final act, as writers reach a deal

Hindustan Times  

Dust-sheets cover the sets inside one soundproofed Hollywood studio, as placard-wielding writers and actors make as much noise as they can outside. On the face of it, the writers have won some concessions: bonuses for writers on shows that do well on streaming, a format whose success metrics have until now been opaque; minimum staffing levels for writers’ rooms; and …

Hollywood Strike | Writers’ strike is not over yet with key votes remaining on deal
1 year, 2 months ago

Hollywood Strike | Writers’ strike is not over yet with key votes remaining on deal

The Hindu  

The deal is made, the pickets have been suspended, and Hollywood's writers are on the verge of getting back to work after months on strike. The next phase comes Tuesday when the governing boards of the two branches of the Writers Guild of America are expected to vote on the tentative agreement reached by union negotiators with Hollywood studios. That …

Editorial: Hollywood is the backbone of L.A.’s economy. It’s a relief there’s an end in sight to the strikes
1 year, 3 months ago

Editorial: Hollywood is the backbone of L.A.’s economy. It’s a relief there’s an end in sight to the strikes

LA Times  

There’s an end in sight for one of the two historic Hollywood strikes. Opinion Editorial: L.A. has a major stake in settling the Hollywood writers’ strike The last strike cost the local economy $2.1 billion and 37,700 jobs. While there are few specifics on what’s included in the proposed three-year contract for film and television work, WGA leaders called the …

Hollywood actor and writer strikes have broad support among Americans, AP-NORC poll shows
1 year, 3 months ago

Hollywood actor and writer strikes have broad support among Americans, AP-NORC poll shows

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Public support for striking Hollywood actors and writers is broad, but not necessarily deep enough for most people to change their viewing habits, a new poll finds. A majority of U.S. adults sympathize with the writers and actors in the months-long dispute than with the studios they’re striking against, the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for …

Striking Hollywood writers, studios to resume negotiations next week
1 year, 3 months ago

Striking Hollywood writers, studios to resume negotiations next week

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Contract talks that could end Hollywood’s writers strike are set to resume next week, studios said Thursday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the industry’s studios, streaming services and production companies in union negotiations, said in a statement that they had reached out to the Writers Guild of America on Wednesday and the …

Fallout from Hollywood labor unrest deepens as strikes drag on
1 year, 3 months ago

Fallout from Hollywood labor unrest deepens as strikes drag on

LA Times  

Welcome to the Wide Shot, a newsletter about the business of entertainment. That’s the question on the minds of everyone in the entertainment industry as — after a fleeting but futile moment of hope — the summer of labor unrest looks likely to stretch well into the fall and possibly the holiday season, disrupting studios’ movie schedules and awards season …

How the Hollywood strike is impacting the production of movies and TV series
1 year, 4 months ago

How the Hollywood strike is impacting the production of movies and TV series

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 19, 2023 16:23 IST - 6 MINS READ The strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters may have halted production by the major studios, but filming of few projects is ongoing. But these exceptions come with conditions: any independent project wanting approval from SAG-AFTRA to continue production during the strike must commit to fulfilling the union’s terms. Effects …

I’m a striking Hollywood writer, and I won’t settle for scraps any more
1 year, 4 months ago

I’m a striking Hollywood writer, and I won’t settle for scraps any more

Al Jazeera  

My union, the Writers Guild of America, has been on strike since May 2, when our contract with the studios – the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers – expired after talks broke down. A few of our demands: increased wages, commensurate with industry growth and inflation; writers should get a proportionate cut if shows do well; that cut …

Opinion: Hollywood strikes prove Netflix and other streamers have grown too powerful. Time to break them up
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Hollywood strikes prove Netflix and other streamers have grown too powerful. Time to break them up

LA Times  

The Hollywood writers’ strike is in its fourth month, and the actors’ strike is in its fourth week with no end in sight. As Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan recently stated, this structure “can enable firms to exert market power over creators and workers alike and potentially limit the diversity of content reaching consumers.” For most of the first …

Actors and writers strikes enter second week with no signs of a deal to get Hollywood working again
1 year, 5 months ago

Actors and writers strikes enter second week with no signs of a deal to get Hollywood working again

The Hindu  

The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters is entering its second week with no sign that a swift ending will be achieved. For a week, actors including household names like Tina Fey, Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick, Rosario Dawson, David Duchovny and other stars have joined working class performers and writers on picket lines outside studios and corporate …

Who’s on strike in Hollywood? Roll the credits and find out
1 year, 5 months ago

Who’s on strike in Hollywood? Roll the credits and find out

LA Times  

Hollywood has ground to a halt with actors and writers striking simultaneously for the first time in more than 60 years. Tens of thousands of directors, camera operators, lighting designers and others represented by an array of different unions aren’t on strike. They can only watch and wait as SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America members press to improve …

This isn’t the first time Hollywood’s been on strike. Here’s how past strikes turned out
1 year, 5 months ago

This isn’t the first time Hollywood’s been on strike. Here’s how past strikes turned out

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The common refrain is that there’s nothing Hollywood loves so much as its own history — but that’s a history inextricable from its labor movements. 2007-2008 writers strike: 100 days KEY ISSUE: Compensation, including residual payments, for shows and movies distributed digitally MAIN RESULTS: Jurisdiction over projects created for the internet under certain guidelines; set compensation for …

Hollywood Strike: Studios say they offered actors $1 billion in gains before strike
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood Strike: Studios say they offered actors $1 billion in gains before strike

The Hindu  

Major film and television studios offered Hollywood actors more than $1 billion in higher compensation and enhanced benefits before the SAG-AFTRA union called a strike last week, a group that represents media companies said on Monday. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf of Netflix Inc, Walt Disney Co, Warner Bros Discovery and others, said …

Explained | Why are Hollywood writers and actors on strike?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | Why are Hollywood writers and actors on strike?

The Hindu  

More than 11,000 film and television writers fear their profession is being turned into a “gig economy” of temporary workers and that artificial intelligence could endanger their jobs The story so far: The first episode of season six of Black Mirror, the fictional anthology show on Netflix bringing to the screen scenes from a dystopian future seems to have made …

Who will lead Hollywood out of its labor nightmare?
1 year, 5 months ago

Who will lead Hollywood out of its labor nightmare?

LA Times  

Welcome to the Wide Shot, a newsletter about the business of entertainment. Facing a double strike of writers and performers for the first time in six decades, the major studios are staring down a “hot labor summer” at the worst possible time, with the box office still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, profits under pressure from streaming and the pay-TV …

Hollywood’s actors are joining screenwriters on strike. Here’s why and what happens next
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood’s actors are joining screenwriters on strike. Here’s why and what happens next

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions in more than six decades, with huge consequences for the film and television industry. “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher, who heads the union said it made them “feel like we’d been duped, like maybe it was just to let studios promote their summer …

Hollywood Strike: Actors will begin picketing alongside writers in fight over the future of movie industry
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood Strike: Actors will begin picketing alongside writers in fight over the future of movie industry

The Hindu  

Striking screen actors will begin picketing alongside writers in New York and Los Angeles on Friday in what has become the biggest Hollywood labor fight in decades. Many actors made a show of solidarity on the writers' picket lines, including Fran Drescher, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists president and former star of “The Nanny.” The …

Why are Hollywood actors and writers on strike?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why are Hollywood actors and writers on strike?

Al Jazeera  

It is the first time the two unions are striking simultaneously since 1960 when actor – and future US president – Ronald Reagan led the protests. Hollywood’s actors and writers will join forces on the picket line from Friday, after studios failed to reach a deal this week with the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio …

No deal on Hollywood actors contract as deadline passes, strike vote to be held soon
1 year, 5 months ago

No deal on Hollywood actors contract as deadline passes, strike vote to be held soon

The Hindu  

Hollywood actors were poised to go on strike Thursday, joining writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years after last-ditch talks failed, with nearly all film and television production likely to grind to a halt. The Screen Actors Guild, which represents 160,000 performers including A-list stars, said negotiations late Wednesday had ended without a deal on their demands over …

US TV and film production grinds to a halt after actors go on strike
1 year, 5 months ago

US TV and film production grinds to a halt after actors go on strike

The Telegraph  

They will join around 11,500 writers, whose strike action has sent late-night television talk shows into endless reruns, disrupted most production for the autumn TV season and halted work on big-budget movies. They also want strong assurances over the use of artificial intelligence, in particular regarding actors’ digital likenesses, amid fears their images will be used without their permission or …

Hollywood actors to join screenwriters in strike over wages, AI
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood actors to join screenwriters in strike over wages, AI

Al Jazeera  

The strike is first joint action between actors and writers in 60 years, bringing major studio projects to a standstill. On Thursday, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the lead negotiator with the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union, said that the strike would begin at midnight following a breakdown in negotiations with the studios. Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds, reporting from Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon, said …

Hollywood’s actors may join its writers on strike. Here’s why
1 year, 5 months ago

Hollywood’s actors may join its writers on strike. Here’s why

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood actors may be days from joining screenwriters in what would be the first two-union strike in the industry in more than six decades, with huge consequences for film and television production. More than 1,000 of them, including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Bob Odenkirk, have added their names to a letter to negotiators saying they are …

Scripted TV production has virtually stopped in L.A. nearly two months after writers’ strike began
1 year, 6 months ago

Scripted TV production has virtually stopped in L.A. nearly two months after writers’ strike began

LA Times  

With the Writers Guild of America strike now in its eighth week, thousands of union members and supporters marched from Pan Pacific Park toward a planned multi-union rally near the La Brea Tar Pits on Wednesday. As the writers’ strike nears the end of its second month, scripted TV production in Los Angeles has virtually ground to a halt, underscoring …

Editorial: A Hollywood mess. Writers are striking, and actors may too, over the future of the industry
1 year, 6 months ago

Editorial: A Hollywood mess. Writers are striking, and actors may too, over the future of the industry

LA Times  

After six weeks on the picket line, Hollywood writers could soon be joined by actors, whose union, SAG-AFTRA, voted to authorize a walkout if it can’t reach a deal with studios by the end of the month. A work stoppage by two major Hollywood unions would be a serious blow to the industry — and to Los Angeles County, where …

A ‘hot labor summer.’ Hollywood unrest continues as actors vote to authorize a strike
1 year, 6 months ago

A ‘hot labor summer.’ Hollywood unrest continues as actors vote to authorize a strike

LA Times  

Writers Guild of America members strike at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Tuesday as the strike enters the sixth week. “Our bargaining strategy has never relied upon nor been dependent on the outcome or status of any other union’s negotiations, nor do we subscribe to the philosophy that the terms of deals made with other unions bind us,” Duncan …

Will AI write the next Hollywood blockbuster? Writers' strike intensifies over studios' refusal to regulate use of AI
1 year, 7 months ago

Will AI write the next Hollywood blockbuster? Writers' strike intensifies over studios' refusal to regulate use of AI

Hindustan Times  

The Hollywood writers' strike over pay has taken a new turn, with the Writers Guild of America intensifying its action due to the studios' refusal to rule out the possibility of artificial intelligence replacing human writers in the future. People picket outside of Paramount Pictures studios during the Hollywood writers strike on May 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. WGA's …

Hollywood writers are on strike over an artificial intelligence threat some are warning is coming for you next
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers are on strike over an artificial intelligence threat some are warning is coming for you next

ABC  

When Hollywood writer Alex O'Keefe recently won an award for his work, he was dressed in a borrowed tuxedo and a bow tie bought on credit. The impact of the Hollywood writers' strike on your favourite shows Photo shows Writers and supporters holding up signs such as "Writers Guild of America on Strike!" and "It didn't have to be this …

Explained: The reason why writers in Hollywood are on a strike and the impact it's likely to have
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained: The reason why writers in Hollywood are on a strike and the impact it's likely to have

Firstpost  

The writers are the backbones of any piece of work. Streaming services’ use of smaller staffs — known in the industry as “mini rooms” — for shorter stints has made sustained income harder to come by, the guild says. “If writing needs to be done, writers are hired, but these proposals require the employment of writers whether they’re needed for …

Editorial: L.A. has a major stake in settling the Hollywood writers’ strike
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: L.A. has a major stake in settling the Hollywood writers’ strike

LA Times  

Hollywood writers put down their pens this week to strike for the first time in 16 years. The Writers Guild of America and the film, television and streaming studios could not reach agreement over pay and working conditions amid an industry upheaval that’s remade how artists create and viewers consume entertainment. Today, the digital revolution and streaming boom have upended …

Hollywood writers' strike explained: How streaming wars boosted profits but hit pay
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers' strike explained: How streaming wars boosted profits but hit pay

Daily Mail  

Writers Guild of America East and West coast divisions announced a strike would commence Tuesday after midnight Thousands of Hollywood film and TV writers have hit the picket lines this week after the Writers Guild of America called its first strike in 16 years. Pictured: Members of the WGA joining the picket line outside the offices of Peacock NewFront, which …

Writers strike looks to be a long fight, as Hollywood braces
1 year, 7 months ago

Writers strike looks to be a long fight, as Hollywood braces

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood writers picketing to preserve pay and job security outside major studios and streamers braced for a long fight at the outset of a strike that immediately forced late-night shows into hiatus, put other productions on pause and had the entire industry slowing its roll. “We’ll stay out as long as it takes,” Josh Gad, a writer …

Why is there a writers’ strike? Blame the Golden Age of TV
1 year, 7 months ago

Why is there a writers’ strike? Blame the Golden Age of TV

LA Times  

WGA members walk a picket line around the Bronson Sunset Studios lot where Netflix leases space for production and offices in Hollywood on Tuesday. California Photos: Hollywood writers hit the picket line Hollywood writers formed picket lines in L.A. and New York after the Writers Guild of America called a strike for better pay and working conditions. Hollywood Inc. ‘It’s …

Hollywood writers to strike as studio talks collapse
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers to strike as studio talks collapse

Deccan Chronicle  

LOS ANGELES: Thousands of Hollywood television and movie writers will go on strike Tuesday, their union said, after talks with studios and streamers over pay and working conditions ended without a deal. The AMPTP said WGA demands that studios hire a set number of writers "for a specified period of time, whether needed or not" were "primary sticking points." With …

Hollywood writers launch major strike over workers’ rights
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers launch major strike over workers’ rights

Al Jazeera  

US writers’ union members are walking off the job after six weeks of negotiations with studios and streamers failed. The Writers Guild of America union said the strike, which began after the writers’ contract expired at midnight on Tuesday, came after six weeks of failed negotiations with Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Disney, among others. “The WGA Negotiating Committee began this …

Hollywood writers go on strike: Here is what to know
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers go on strike: Here is what to know

Al Jazeera  

The Writers Guild of America says it supports a work stoppage after failing to reach an agreement for higher pay. More than 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America are on strike, throwing Hollywood into turmoil as the entertainment business grapples with seismic changes triggered by the global streaming boom. The WGA, however, argued that the studios’ responses to …

Hollywood writers strike over streaming pay after talks fail
1 year, 7 months ago

Hollywood writers strike over streaming pay after talks fail

LA Times  

A festering dispute over how writers are compensated in the streaming era came to a head Monday night, as leaders of the Writers Guild of America called on their members to stage Hollywood’s first strike in 15 years. “No such deal could ever be contemplated by this membership.” In a statement, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said …

TV and film writers authorize strike over pay, other issues
1 year, 8 months ago

TV and film writers authorize strike over pay, other issues

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Unionized film and television writers have voted overwhelmingly to give their leaders the authority to call a strike if they’re unable to reach an agreement on a new contract. In an email to members Monday, the negotiating committee of the Writers Guild of America said nearly 98% of the 9,218 votes were cast to authorize the strike, …

Hollywood can't afford the 2023 writers strike
1 year, 8 months ago

Hollywood can't afford the 2023 writers strike

LA Times  

Writer Angela Shelton and other picketers protest outside the Paramount Pictures lot during the writers’ strike of 2007-08. The entertainment industry can’t afford it, Los Angeles can’t afford it and neither can the many parts of the country where TV and film production help fuel the local economy. Hollywood Inc. As Hollywood strike looms, five writers share their stories Streaming …

EXPLAINER: What’s behind the looming Hollywood strike?
3 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s behind the looming Hollywood strike?

Associated Press  

A major Hollywood strike could be on the horizon for some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers in the entertainment industry. The three-year contracts that cover about 60,000 of the union’s members — one that primarily covers film and TV production in Los Angeles and Hollywood and another that covers other production hubs including New Mexico and Georgia — expired in July. The …

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