It’s going to be a busy year for the Writers Guild of America, as the org will enter negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to finalize a new deal between w…
WGA West presidentaddressed the elephant in the room during his speech, presented midway through the awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. “The whole town has already lost its mind,” he quipped.
“I said, ‘oh is there going to be a strike?'” Goodman recalled. “He said, ‘yeah, that’s what we’re hearing.'” Goodman said he told the exec that it was “ludicrous to think we have already decided to go on strike when negotiations haven’t even started.” Meanwhile, Goodman also addressed the WGA stalemate with the Association of Talent Agents after the two sides failed to reach a new franchise agreement last year, leading to thousands of writers firing their agents.
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