Friday, January 25, 2008
Lionsgate, Marvel Reach Deals with Writers
Backstage: "Film and television studio Lionsgate on Thursday said it reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) enabling striking Hollywood writers to work on its projects."
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Because I was home and not reading the newsblog I didn't hear about any of these interim deals the WGA has been making. Though it doesn't solve the overall problem, its good to hear that a lot of writers can go back to work.
Perhaps all these side deals will become the WGA's ultimate downfall. When a producer can negotiate directly a contract with their writers, a union's demands/requirements can be completely ignored, with the penalty being to the writer who is a member of the union for not complying, if any at all. If that's the case, I wonder if more and more writers will begin taking non-union jobs.
I'm so glad that at least some progress is being made. I'm already surprised how long this strike has survived and it's only a matter of time before we really start seeting the affects of it, not just our favorite television shows being put on hold. I also felt bad for screenwriters-to-be graduating this year. They already know getting work is going to be tough, but entering the job market during a strike is gotta be hard reality.
This deal is a much bigger deal than a lot of people are thinking, I hope. One of the TV Guide writers interviewed some people on the picket line at Sony Studios, and they think that this is definitely a huge step in the right direction, and a lot of people think that this strike may reach its conclusion pre-Oscars (and hopefully before Friday Night Lights runs out of new episodes!). This is definitely good news for AMC also, because after Mad Men's Globe wins, their viewership definitely may increase.
This is very good to hear, Lionsgate is a very large film company and knowing that at least one of the ore prominent film companies is working on putting out films is important. I wonder what would happen if this never stopped and TV and film stopped. What would happen? Could people their every day life without TV?
It seems like this will starting picking up some movement is getting all the writers back to work. Once of film industry or network signs an agreement with the writers their primetime shows and movies can start being put back on where people will start watching them. If only a few on doing that then some businesses will be stuck with nothing because they have not signed a deal with the writers. It will be the other with new shows on the air bringing in the money while the others are left out of it. Which I don't see lasting long.
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