The WGA says it’s been talking to a number of talent agencies – including “major agencies” – over the past two months in an attempt to get them to sign its new franchise agreement. It’s been more t…
says it’s been talking to a number of talent agencies – including “major agencies” – over the past two months in an attempt to get them to sign its new franchise agreement.
It’s been more than two months since the guild has signed a mid-size agency to its agreement, which bans packaging fees after one year and prohibits agency affiliations with corporately related production entities. Representatives of the Big Four agencies — CAA, UTA, WME and ICM Partners — said earlier this week that they have not had any negotiations with the guild since talks broke off on June 7.
“Nonetheless, nothing any agency has proposed or floated with regard to packaging makes us change our firm position, reaffirmed by the election results, that agencies should make 10% of writer earnings,” the statement added. “Furthermore, our position remains that agency-controlled production studios are bad for writers, and that agencies must share with the WGA writers’ deal memos, payment invoices and all relevant information regarding how much agencies make for representing us.
“We will continue to move the negotiation process forward and sign additional agencies under fair deals for writers as soon as possible.”, which represents all of the major agencies, and instead has been seeking deals with individual agencies. The nearly six-month battle began on April 13, when the guild ordered all of its members to fire their agents who refuse to sign its Code of Conduct. The only mid-size agencies to sign so far have been Verve, Kaplan Stahler and the Buchwald agency. Kaplan Stahler
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