Screenwriters and the big studios will sit down again at the negotiating table. Forceful measures that seek to improve working conditions are extended.
This Friday there will be a key meeting to break the strike in Hollywood. It is a new encounter between the large producers (associated in the AMPTP) and the WGA, the writer’s unions that they have been in the protests for more than 100 days.
The AMPTP called the scriptwriters to meet this Friday to give a response to proposals tabled two weeks ago, when negotiations resumed. The proposal included regulation of artificial intelligencenew salary floorselderly residual percentage streaming and the minimum number of members for offices of scriptwriters, among other claims.
At the first meeting at the beginning of the month, the representatives of the scriptwriters, Ellen Stutzman and Tony Segall, they encountered the same obstacles that led the writers to vote in favor of the strike initially. According to what was reported to the press, the WGA confirmed at its first meeting that studios were “reluctant” to discuss on the essential issues put on the table.
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Even so, the return to negotiations is a step towards a good port after anonymous statements from AMPTP members emerged that encouraged to wait for the writers to run out of savings to return to the table. Meanwhile, the writers are cautiously optimistic about getting a fair deal from the production companies.
Emmy Awards: confirm new date for the strike in Hollywood
The Emmy Awards They have been postponed for nearly four months, organizers reported Thursday, as walkouts by Hollywood actors and writers drag on with no solution in sight.
The television equivalent of the Oscars was supposed to take place in September, but will now take place in mid-January next year, according to a statement from Fox and the Television Academy, which confirmed earlier reports.
“We are pleased to announce that the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on Monday, January 15, 2024”said a Fox spokesperson.
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