{"id":585431,"date":"2023-08-03T03:10:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/writers-react-to-amptps-overture-to-restart-talks-well-be-picketing-until-its-real\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T03:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:10:40","slug":"writers-react-to-amptps-overture-to-restart-talks-well-be-picketing-until-its-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/writers-react-to-amptps-overture-to-restart-talks-well-be-picketing-until-its-real\/","title":{"rendered":"#Writers React to AMPTP\u2019s Overture to Restart Talks: \u201cWe\u2019ll Be Picketing Until It\u2019s Real\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Striking Writers Guild of America members expressed both tempered optimism and wariness on Wednesday in response to the news<\/a> that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had reached out to restart talks amid stalled contract negotiations.<\/p>\n

\n \u201cI hope they\u2019re serious, I hope that they are coming to this with a much more open mind than they had last time,\u201d said three-time WGA negotiating committee co-chair Billy Ray (Captain Phillips<\/em>), who is not playing that role this year. \u201cI can tell you if they are, a deal will be made.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Former WGA West president Howard Rodman added in a written statement, \u201cOne hopes that the AMPTP may at long last grasp that the cost of negotiating a fair deal is less than the cost of an ongoing strike. But Friday\u2019s conversation is, quite simply, a single and very preliminary step.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n To one of many WGA leaders, who was not authorized to speak on the record, the news struck a familiar chord: \u201cI feel like my ex of a year just called me up at 4 a.m. and asked if I miss them yet,\u201d they joked. This person added, \u201cIt\u2019s been 90-something days, it does feel like this is the right time for them to poke their heads and see if we\u2019re willing to bend on any proposals. Even though when I saw the email, the first thing I thought was \u2018Well, we\u2019re not bending on any of these proposals, so I hope they\u2019re ready for that.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n

\n The WGA conveyed in a Tuesday night message to members that AMPTP president Carol Lombardini, who heads up negotiations on behalf of major studios and streamers, had reached out and requested a meeting for Friday \u201cto discuss negotiations\u201d (in other words, not to restart negotiations per se but to discuss potentially restarting negotiations). In their own statement, the AMPTP said, \u201cWe remain committed to finding a path to mutually beneficial deals with both unions,\u201d meaning the WGA and performers\u2019 union SAG-AFTRA, which is also on strike.<\/p>\n

\n The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> has confirmed that a meeting between the WGA and the AMPTP is currently set for Friday.<\/p>\n

\n The meeting-to-discuss-meeting was the subject of some joking among scribes on Wednesday (\u201csure sounds like classic studio scheduling,\u201d quipped No Good Nick<\/em> showrunner David H. Steinberg in an email to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>), many of whom nevertheless called it a positive development. Said Legends of Tomorrow<\/em> showrunner Marc Guggenheim, \u201cIt seems that the CEOs have finally decided to engage. Not re-engage. Engage.\u201d Added One Day at a Time<\/em> co-showrunner Mike Royce of the development, \u201cIt\u2019s great! Let\u2019s hope for the best, we\u2019ll be picketing until it\u2019s real.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Caroline Dries, the Batwoman <\/em>executive producer, described her position as being in \u201cwait-and-see mode.\u201d She added, \u201cAny talking at this point feels like progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Chatter had intensified this week about a return to the table, with one studio-side source saying the AMPTP had proposals it wanted to pose to its counterparts in labor. The priority is the writers because they need script<\/a>s before they need actors, per a different source.<\/p>\n

\n The strategy behind speaking to the WGA first was also a topic of discussion among writers on Wednesday. \u201cNow that everything is shut down, you will need to get the writers back to work before the actors if you want any network TV season at all,\u201d argued one veteran showrunner. \u201cAlso, the actors seem more radicalized than the tone of Chris Keyser\u2019s periodic, borderline soporific video essays,\u201d this person said, referring to video messages featuring the co-chair of WGA\u2019s negotiating committee.<\/p>\n

\n When it comes to looking back at WGA negotiations history for guidance, data from the most recent WGA strike, in 2007-2008, is almost \u201cirrelevant\u201d compared to today\u2019s double strike, the first since 1960, argued Steinberg. In 2007-2008, formal talks between management and labor restarted on the 22nd day of the work stoppage, and in the end the strike lasted 100 days in total. \u201cThis is a very different strike, and not only because SAG is out there with us,\u201d he wrote. \u201cSo I think we would all hope that on Day 93 we\u2019re going to get a more serious offer from AMPTP to really try to get across the finish line compared to Day 22 of 2007.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Overall, writers who spoke to THR<\/em> unanimously felt it was too early to project what the news could mean for the end date of the now three-months-long strike. Noted Zack Bornstein (Shrinking<\/em>), \u201cEvery writer, actor, agent, exec, aunt, and barber I talk to has a different \u2018insider\u2019 rumor about when this will end, but the truth is no one knows.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Said the WGA in its message to members on Tuesday night, \u201cWe\u2019ll be back in communication with you sometime after the meeting with further information.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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