WGA/SAGAFTRA Strike Discussion Thread | SAG Ratifies Contract

[SpiderByte]

10 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

I'm glad the strike is ending but as someone who works in government this made me laugh my ass off. IYKYK

Lol well true but fortunately government bureaucracy can't be beat. I mean in that they're no longer negotiating over the actual positions, just literally writing out the verbage of the contract, so they don't need to negotiate anymore

[MovieMan89]

Now we just hope that the deal is actually any good 

[Jonwo]

I think the SAG AFTRA strike will be done and dusted in October if not November. 

 

I suspect Dune will stay in March and WB will focus on having Timmy do promo for Wonka in December. 

Edited September 23, 2023 by Jonwo

[SpiderByte]

48 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

I think the SAG AFTRA strike will be done and dusted in October if not November. 

 

I suspect Dune will stay in March and WB will focus on having Timmy do promo for Wonka in December. 

Oh I don't think anything's going to be un-delayed. Those aren't easy decisions to reverse. If anything id expect more announcements of delays now that things won't be in a holding pattern for long

Edited September 23, 2023 by SpiderByte

[ChipDerby]

I was right, once again. Scooped Empire.

[Jonwo]

In theory, the talk shows can start again fairly quickly since Colbert, Fallon and Kimmel are under a different contract for SAG AFTRA. SNL I'm not sure what it comes under as it's a live sketch show. 

 

 

[Jonwo]

6 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:

Oh I don't think anything's going to be un-delayed. Those aren't easy decisions to reverse. If anything id expect more announcements of delays now that things won't be in a holding pattern for long

I would imagine a few tweaks here and there but nothing too dramatic, Captain America I think will move up since it was already done and dusted before the strikes and they'll move Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes from May to late July. 

 

WB I think will move either Mickey 17 from March to either July or August with Juror Number 2 which I think can be done fairly quickly to either Beetlejuice 2's September slot or late October. 

[Squire]

1 hour ago, SpiderByte said:

Lol well true but fortunately government bureaucracy can't be beat. I mean in that they're no longer negotiating over the actual positions, just literally writing out the verbage of the contract, so they don't need to negotiate anymore

As a lawyer that writes contracts, crafting the language still takes of time. It could take a week or more to get it ironed out. 

[Jonwo]

I bet DWTS will now go ahead, I imagine Matt Walsh will be able to rejoin as well. 

 

The View now doesn't have to deal with picketers anymore.

[Cap]

4 hours ago, Bob Train said:

Empire was right.

 I believe the phrase is even a broke ass clo — wn is right twice a day 

[Ryan Reynolds]

UPDATED: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers sent the Writers Guild of America its best and final offer on Saturday afternoon after four days of intense negotiations to secure a new three-year contract and bring the nearly five-month writers strike to an end.

Industry sources report that a last, best and final offer was sent to WGA negotiators around 5 p.m. PT. Legal representatives for labor and management huddled Saturday in person at AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Other key players on both sides monitored events closely but from afar.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/writers-strike-wga-amptp-contract-talks-2-1235733340/

[Derpity]

5 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

UPDATED: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers sent the Writers Guild of America its best and final offer on Saturday afternoon after four days of intense negotiations to secure a new three-year contract and bring the nearly five-month writers strike to an end.

Industry sources report that a last, best and final offer was sent to WGA negotiators around 5 p.m. PT. Legal representatives for labor and management huddled Saturday in person at AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Other key players on both sides monitored events closely but from afar.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/writers-strike-wga-amptp-contract-talks-2-1235733340/

 

Well if that is true, the story takes a bit of an adversarial turn, and Empire was very wrong lol

[21C]

7 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

UPDATED: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers sent the Writers Guild of America its best and final offer on Saturday afternoon after four days of intense negotiations to secure a new three-year contract and bring the nearly five-month writers strike to an end.

Industry sources report that a last, best and final offer was sent to WGA negotiators around 5 p.m. PT. Legal representatives for labor and management huddled Saturday in person at AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Other key players on both sides monitored events closely but from afar.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/writers-strike-wga-amptp-contract-talks-2-1235733340/

Either this is just dramatic posturing for the press, or we are screwed again.

[Kon]

1 minute ago, Derpity said:

 

Well if that is true, the story takes a bit of an adversarial turn, and Empire was very wrong lol

 

Not saying Empire wasn't wrong, but why is that Update an adversarial turn?

[The GOAT]

3 minutes ago, Kon said:

 

Not saying Empire wasn't wrong, but why is that Update an adversarial turn?

“Best and FINAL offer”

[filmlover]

[MovieMan89]

Yeah that doesn’t at all sound like a deal is a sure thing yet… just simply that AMPTP is done talking about it for now. Yikes, hope this doesn’t get ugly 

[Porthos]

36 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

UPDATED: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers sent the Writers Guild of America its best and final offer on Saturday afternoon after four days of intense negotiations to secure a new three-year contract and bring the nearly five-month writers strike to an end.

Industry sources report that a last, best and final offer was sent to WGA negotiators around 5 p.m. PT. Legal representatives for labor and management huddled Saturday in person at AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks. Other key players on both sides monitored events closely but from afar.

https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/writers-strike-wga-amptp-contract-talks-2-1235733340/

 

 

(if only for the "studios really can't help themselves in regards to negotiating through the press")

Edited September 24, 2023 by Porthos

[Derpity]

29 minutes ago, Kon said:

 

Not saying Empire wasn't wrong, but why is that Update an adversarial turn?

 

"Last and final offer" is not exactly a friendly/cooperative turn of phrase!

[21C]

I mean, to be fair, "best and final offer" is only adversarial if it's not an actual good offer.