The Hollywood writers’ strike is still going strong after 113 days, despite an offer of what the studios called a “comprehensive package.” Earlier this week, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) told the negotiating committee of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) that it was willing to meet to help resolve the…
Six weeks after the Writers Guild of America went on strike, the membership of SAG-AFTRA has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a walkout in support of their colleagues. SAG-AFTRA, commonly known as the Screen Actors’ Guild, represents 160,000 performers across all media. If SAG-AFTRA members join the picket line, it would put even more pressure on…
Despite the Writers Guild strike, the show must go on—at least this year’s Tony Awards gala. In solidarity with Broadway unions, the striking writers have pledged not to picket or at next month’s Tony telecast. While the union turned down a request by the Tony organizers to grant an interim waiver for the ceremony, the Guild…
Carrying picket signs depicting their pens held in clenched fists, 11,500 screenwriters of The Writers Guild of America have overwhelmingly gone on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the first such walkout since 2007. The strike is expected to be felt first in the realm of late-night television, including shows like…
Hollywood is bracing for a possible strike by The Writers Guild of America, whose current three-year contract will be expiring on May 1. Contract negotiations between The Guild and The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are set to begin on March 20, a reversal of the usual pattern in which The Directors Guild…
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