At the Cannes premiere of his new film Black Flies, Penn said striking WGA members have his 'full support'
and directors for a very, very long time,” Penn says “My full support is with the writers guild. There are a lot of new concepts that are being tossed about including the use of AI. And it just strikes me as human obscenity that there’s been a pushback [from the studios] on that.”Penn went on to directly slam the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers , opining that
“the first thing we should do in these [strike] conversations is change the [name of the AMPTP] and title them how they behave, which is the bankers guild. It’s difficult for so many writers and people in the industry who cannot work.” As the WGA continues to hold the picket line, SAG-AFTRA is not the only guild toying with the idea of a strike as contact renegotiations swiftly approach. The Director’s Guild of America also currently negotiating a new contract with producers. Both the
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