Premium Member John Sprung Posted January 17, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted January 17, 2008 Here's the LA times story: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-stri...dlines-business -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Collier Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Also on Variety (probably the same info and sound bites, don't have time to read both) http://www.variety.com/VR1117979228.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arni Heimir Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I enjoy how the DGA reached a deal almost immediately. while the WGA is still on strike. Perhaps this is living testament how writers are treated in comparison with writers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnar Mortensen Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 they used different tactics. The WGA hard line approach enabled the DGA to get more out of their informal meetings. Now the WGA just entered into informal talks, using the DGA's casual approach. Round and round it goes when will we get back to work nobody knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted January 22, 2008 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 22, 2008 The main difference is that small informal talks with the DGA had been going on for a long time behind the scenes. The heavy lifting was done before they officially started talking. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Wengenroth Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 So then....what are the latest theories as to when this will all be resolved? I guess I'm kinda confused because I'm still hearing that SAG might strike in June....what next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted January 23, 2008 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 23, 2008 The most optimistic theory I've heard is three more weeks, and SAG follows the same pattern as the other two. Pessimistic theories -- well, why go there..... -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Hal Smith Posted January 23, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted January 23, 2008 Copied from an NAB email newsletter I get: News Corp president Peter Chernin and Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger reportedly were slated to meet informally today with WGA West president Patric Verrone and executive director David Young to talk about resuming contract negotiations and ending the writers strike. The informal talks could signal a lessening of tension between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf of the major studios, this article says. The Wall Street Journal (1/21). Hang in there Annie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted January 23, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted January 23, 2008 I guess I'm kinda confused because I'm still hearing that SAG might strike in June....what next? I'm not sure what you mean. The DGA made a deal, so a strike wouldn't really be an option. Maybe I'm missing something... Where did you hear that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Wengenroth Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Pfft, I don't know. Just...around. I've talked to so many people about the strike, I lose track of who told me what! Well, I guess we'll just have to keep waiting it out. How long before you think LA will be back to business? I'm still planning to go out there but don't want to waste my time waiting for them to pick up the pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Paul Maibaum ASC Posted January 23, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted January 23, 2008 The AMPTP and WGA are entering into informal discussions today as a prelude to formal negotiations. The WGA removed the animation and reality provisions which had been stumbling blocks to resumption of talks so there is reason to be hopeful for an end to the strike sooner than later. The DGA has a tentative deal which won't go in front of their membership until Jan. 26. SAG contract expires June 30. The likelihood that the rank and file of the DGA will vote to ratify their contract is high. The DGA contract is only a jumping off point for the WGA. There are many issues for the WGA and the AMPTP yet to resolve, but at least they are getting together in the same room. The AMPTP would like to salvage the Oscar telecast scheduled for Feb. 24 so there are hopes that the deal will be made by then. That is a month away so there is a decent chance that could happen. If the WGA finds common ground and negotiates a contract then the chances of SAG striking are slim. If a deal is made in February some kind of pilot season will take place. I believe that the current TV season is history, even if the strike is settled by Feb. 24, but that is just my opinion. So best case scenario the town is back to work in late March - April. If the talks between the WGA and AMPTP fall apart then I think the strike will go into May thereby scuttling the 2008 pilot season. I believe (again, just my opinion) that the AMPTP will want to settle with the WGA before SAG's contract expires because in 3 years they don't want the WGA, DGA and SAG to all have their contracts expire at the same time. With that scenario one is looking at work opportunities being few and far between until TV season gears up again in July-August with networks forgoing pilot season per se, picking up a few of their best pilot scripts and going straight into short order production(6 episodes) and renewing many of this past season's shows, the ones that didn't completely tank in the ratings. All of the above is but an "educated" guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted January 23, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted January 23, 2008 The DGA has a tentative deal which won't go in front of their membership until Jan. 26. The likelihood that the rank and file of the DGA will vote to ratify their contract is high. Good point Paul. The membership still needs to vote of course. It would be a very bad thing if the membership voted down the new deal I think, although that does seem unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Wengenroth Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks for clarifying some of that, Paul. I seem to have found shelter from the storm in the form of a part-time job as a film camera repair tech (see? No Starbucks!) so honestly it's not an issue for me at this point. I decided that moving to LA any time soon would undoubtedly cause my head to explode from stress, and that I wasn't really up for staying in New York either...so this job came up as a possibility in Savannah, GA and I figured what the heck, it's not like I'm selling out of the business or something. So what's everyone else doing these days? I worry about all my friends out in LA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Richard Humber Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 There are certainly worse places to be than Savannah. I'm glad you found something. By the way, Paul, I pushed dolly for you on a tv movie with Cheryl Ladd in Wilmington years ago. It's good to read your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted January 29, 2008 Author Premium Member Share Posted January 29, 2008 The latest rumors/guesses here are settle mid February, back to work mid March, salvage about 2/3 of the back nine, and a mini pilot season. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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