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02-05-2023, 06:06 PM | #1 | |||
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Thousands of Hollywood TV and movie screenwriters have downed tools after last minute talks with major studios over wages broke down.
A Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, the first in 15 years, saw more than 11,000 writers - 98% of voting members - walk out from midnight. Tuesday's late-night shows are expected to shut down first, while forthcoming shows and films could face delays. Picketing will begin on Tuesday afternoon, the Guild also said. In 2007, writers went on strike for 100 days, at an estimated cost of around $2bn to the industry. This time around, writers are clashing with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) - which represents the major studios, including Amazon, Disney, Netflix and Paramount - in demand of higher pay and a greater share of the profits from the modern streaming boom. On Monday evening, the WGA said the decision to strike was made after six weeks of negotiations produced a "wholly insufficient" response to "the existential crisis writers are facing". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65447046 ---------------------------------- I remember the last time they did this, it caused absolute havoc to shows like 24. Its effect will be very pronounced on the streaming services |
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02-05-2023, 06:07 PM | #2 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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02-05-2023, 06:12 PM | #3 | |||
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We have YOUTUBE. We dont care.
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02-05-2023, 08:18 PM | #4 | |||
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Based on the general output from Big Hollywood of late, they're being paid too much as it is
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03-05-2023, 09:19 AM | #5 | |||
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It could mess up the last season of Cobra Kai. They were supposed to start filming it this month.
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Also it explains why Heroes S2 was so bad. https://www.thewrap.com/23-tv-shows-...strike-photos/ Prison Break S3 also. |
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03-05-2023, 09:21 AM | #6 | |||
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I remember the last one. as it absolutely killed the show Heroes.
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03-05-2023, 09:24 AM | #7 | |||
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I didn't watch a lot of American tv at the time (still don't really) but it dragged Ugly Betty on a bit too, so Christina was pregnant for about two years
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03-05-2023, 09:26 AM | #8 | |||
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i remember it hitting 24. In fact they did a little mini 24 to fill in the gap
This time, with so many streaming services reliant on a constant flow of new content, the effect is going to be much greater. For example, netflix and disney are so politically correct, it's going to blow their minds, because their subscription base is dependent on the writers |
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03-05-2023, 09:37 AM | #9 | |||
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Movie studios won't care as much. Blockbusters are mostly about spectacle and visual effects. An AI could write those scripts . Problem for the the streaming services I've read is that they are all losing money (billions) apart from Netflix. Last edited by James; 03-05-2023 at 09:45 AM. |
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03-05-2023, 09:43 AM | #10 | |||
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Didn't Prison Break get hit with this before? When whatshisname was in the Panama prison?
It's crazy to think shows used to have 24 45 min episodes per season. It's rare to see that now i think?
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03-05-2023, 09:46 AM | #11 | |||
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A tragedy, on the bright side didn’t it also save Jessie Pinkman from getting killed off in the first season of breaking bad?
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03-05-2023, 09:48 AM | #12 | |||
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Was the last one 15 years already??? Jeez it doesn't seem that long ago
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03-05-2023, 09:56 AM | #13 | |||
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Not sure about that, as I thought BB was fully planned out from day one, but I could be wrong.
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06-05-2023, 02:32 AM | #14 | |||
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Live on Clive Bull LBC
An American Producer saying it is effecting "Hacks" show right now Episodes are not able to get writers. They are not getting paid enough, as it goes online as well. So Pay Increases must come in. It can be done Last edited by arista; 06-05-2023 at 02:32 AM. |
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06-05-2023, 03:25 AM | #15 | |||
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Jessica Meuse was robbed.
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I mean tbf there's still the odd good Show imo (The Sandman, Reacher, and From being some examples) but overall most of the output is either bang average or down right terrible.
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06-05-2023, 03:31 AM | #16 | |||
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Jessica Meuse was robbed.
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I think for some reason it suited them better than what they're making now, it feels like they struggle to get character development and good storytelling fitted into an 8-10 episode Season, I think that the Americans aren't good at cramming content in within that sort of time.
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