Hollywood Studios Make Public Their Latest Offer to Striking Writers
leadership of the WGA. The strike is approaching its fourth month and if a deal isn’t reached soon, the 2023-2024 television season and many high-profile movies are likely to be delayed or scrapped altogether. “We have come to the table with an offer that meets the priority concerns the writers have expressed.
We are deeply committed to ending the strike and are hopeful that the WGA will work toward the same resolution," said Carol Lombardini, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The alliance, which represents major entertainment companies including Disney, Warner Bros., Netflix, Amazon and Paramount, said its latest offer addresses “all of the issues" the writers identified as major priorities. Executives at the meeting, which was held at the Luxe Hotel in Brentwood, included Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger, Warner Bros.
Discovery CEO David Zaslav, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and NBCUniversal Studio Group Chair Donna Langley, according to a person familiar with the gathering. In an email to members Tuesday night, the WGA criticized the offer as inadequate. “This wasn’t a meeting to make a deal.
This was a meeting to get us to cave," and turn against each other, the union wrote. The WGA said it explained in the meeting why the offer fell short and told studio and streamer leaders that the proposal “failed to sufficiently protect writers from the existential threats that caused us to strike in the first place." The union said it plans to continue picketing Wednesday. Talks between the WGA and AMPTP restarted on Aug.
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