Sean Penn is supporting the writers of Hollywood, saying producers should be renamed the 'Bankers Guild,' and he labeled pushback on AI restrictions a 'human obscenity.'
Penn spoke to reporters about thethat began May 2, saying the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers should be renamed the "Bankers Guild."
"The first thing we should do in these conversations is change the Producers Guild and title them how they behave, which is the Bankers Guild," Penn said. "It’s difficult for so many writers and so many people industrywide to not be able to work at this time. I guess it’s going to soul search itself and see what side toughs it out."After the press conference, Penn said in a statement that he meant to refer to the AMPTP, which is negotiating on behalf of producers, not the Producers Guild of America.
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