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Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:53 pm
by Skowl
The LA Times is reporting that a new contract between striking writers and studios has been outlined. According to the LA Times, the new contract could be submitted to the Writers Guild of America by friday, february 8th. If the contract is accepted it would end the WGA's strike, which began on November 5th 2007 and has been going on for over 12 weeks. The on-going strike has caused severe delays in many films and television series, and, if the strikes continue, risk delaying the sequel to the 2007 Transformers Movie which has slowed in production due to a lack of script.

The Transformers Movie sequel is currently scheduled to begin filming in June of this year, with a release date of June 26th 2009.

You can read the entire article on the Los Angeles Times website by clicking here.

Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more information.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:56 pm
by Heavy B
its about god damn time

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:19 pm
by ultra tron
Maybe then we could get some info on new chracters, maybe?

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:35 pm
by Liege Evilmus
I hope so, not that I care, I'm just sick of hearing about it.

And before you rag on me for being shallow and what not, I say that with those in mind who work alot harder for alot less and have no such ability to protest their boss without finding a place on an unemployment line.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:46 pm
by Talous
Finally.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:14 pm
by Snowtron
Well great the movie can get back on track and all the writer can get want they want every one wins. :D

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:22 pm
by 0ptimus__Prime
Phew! It's about time they got this strike to end!

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:03 pm
by darkqueen01
Not only that, but television will return!!! Yay, cause I need some serious Lost action.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:40 pm
by Agent 007
Sweet! New Shows! And most improtantly TF2! :grin: :grin:

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:58 am
by Bombus distinguendus
god im just ticked that since no movies were written for 12 weeks now in a yr or so theres gonna be no good movies out now.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:14 pm
by ***Galvatron***
"The facts: we are still in talks and do not yet have a contract. When and if a tentative agreement is reached, the first thing we will do is alert our membership with an e-mail message. Until then, please disregard rumors about either the existence of an agreement or its terms.

Until we have reached an agreement with the AMPTP, it is essential that we continue to show our resolve, solidarity, and strength
."

Exactly! the strike is NOT over yet, this is a tentative deal only and it's not official until the ink on the paper drys!

This tv season is gone and done with they've already stated that so whatever new episodes are being shown to the viewing audiences were already done and filmed before the strike started.

We are not out of the woods yet but it's at least some light at the end of the tunnel.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:02 pm
by Decepticon Spike
Good! I'm getting tired of all of these frakin' reality shows.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:10 pm
by ***Galvatron***
Decepticon Spike wrote:Good! I'm getting tired of all of these frakin' reality shows.


I was tired of those over a decade ago, I cannot tolerate one moment of them except for Cops all be it a different type of reality show.

:BLACKEYE:

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:42 am
by Chaoslock
I hate this strike! I need new Heroes episodes! :sad:

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:41 am
by SoooTrypticon
While I sincerely hope the best for the writers, animators, and other various and sundry crew- anything that keeps another piece of waste like Transformers off the screen is good by me. Hopefully the plastic "movie themed" chunks standing in for good transformer toys will be pulled from shelves, and we'll get classics and animated soon.

If great toy lines like those keep coming, why should I want another terrible movie with ugly robots, lame jokes, vapid actors, rabid product placement, military advertisemnts, and a painfully bad script?

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:52 am
by Mr. Buzz Killington
Hey all,
I am doing an article for my school news paper, and I was wondering when this new contract might be in effect, and if it would stop the delay on the new movie. Thanks a lot,

Unicron94

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:00 am
by ***Galvatron***
Unicron94 wrote:Hey all,
I am doing an article for my school news paper, and I was wondering when this new contract might be in effect, and if it would stop the delay on the new movie. Thanks a lot,

Unicron94


The new contract is still tentative and it's not really official yet so things could still fall apart but from what I've learned it's looking pretty good so I doubt it will fall apart.
June 2nd 2008 is the deadline for them to have a script or at least enough to start working with, they had been working on some of it before the strike but nobody knows how far along they were.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:13 am
by Code3
What I do not understand is these "writers" want more money and more control of what they do, yet they have come up with the most non-creative crap on TV! There are no new ideas and concepts, everything now is a rehash of something from the 1980's. I think the writers have zero to NO talent and then they expect more money? Give me a break! I used to work within the Hollywood industry and I can tell you that these writers just sit around all day until they have a "brainstorm" and then put their thoughts to paper....If they had actually come up with something unique instead of garbage, then maybe they would get more money....I cant wait for the day when the motion picture industry and TV goes out of business.....that day is coming and the studios know that! With technology the way it is, their days are numbered! More people watch youtube than network TV...that tells you right their that im right! =) 8)

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:19 pm
by Skowl
Could it be?

IS IT OVER??!!

Link!

He [Michael Eisner, former Walt Disney chief exec.] says: "It's over. They made the deal, they shook hands on the deal.

"I have some friends in certain places and I believe there was a handshake last Friday… it's possible they (the writers) will turn it down but it would be insane if they turned it down."


As it stands now, it's probably only a matter of HOURS before the strike is over and done with! There is still a chance the WGA turns down the offer, but sources say they are likely to take the deal!

So it looks like Transformers 2 will be back on track, without any delays 8)

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:12 pm
by Roadbuster
I wouldn't break out the champainge yet. It ain't over until it's over.

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:53 am
by optibotimus
according to my local news (i live in socal) the agreement is tentative...however...spokespeople said they will ratify the deal and the writers expect to be back to work THIS MONDAY :D

good news

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:55 am
by optibotimus
Code3 wrote:What I do not understand is these "writers" want more money and more control of what they do, yet they have come up with the most non-creative crap on TV! There are no new ideas and concepts, everything now is a rehash of something from the 1980's. I think the writers have zero to NO talent and then they expect more money? Give me a break! I used to work within the Hollywood industry and I can tell you that these writers just sit around all day until they have a "brainstorm" and then put their thoughts to paper....If they had actually come up with something unique instead of garbage, then maybe they would get more money....I cant wait for the day when the motion picture industry and TV goes out of business.....that day is coming and the studios know that! With technology the way it is, their days are numbered! More people watch youtube than network TV...that tells you right their that im right! =) 8)


it's not about the lack of talent..it's about getting their share of revenues from online type things like downloading shows from itunes...currently they get just about nothing if you purchase a episode on itues for 1.99...while the studeo gets almost all of it

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:08 am
by Burn
Code3 wrote:What I do not understand is these "writers" want more money and more control of what they do, yet they have come up with the most non-creative crap on TV! There are no new ideas and concepts, everything now is a rehash of something from the 1980's. I think the writers have zero to NO talent and then they expect more money? Give me a break! I used to work within the Hollywood industry and I can tell you that these writers just sit around all day until they have a "brainstorm" and then put their thoughts to paper....If they had actually come up with something unique instead of garbage, then maybe they would get more money....I cant wait for the day when the motion picture industry and TV goes out of business.....that day is coming and the studios know that! With technology the way it is, their days are numbered! More people watch youtube than network TV...that tells you right their that im right! =) 8)


I'd be more inclined to blame the executives who think these "non-creative crap" (though I don't agree that everything is non-creative or crap) shows are good and as such green light them.

Of course you've also got to wonder how in this day and age of "non-creative crap" that rating records are still broken and advertisers are still shelling out heaps of money to advertise on certain shows.

And if movie and tv networks go out of business, just who is going to produce stuff to watch? The average person with their handycam? ugh ... pass thanks.

I'd love to see those numbers on youtube -vs- network tv btw. Interesting fact, feel free to back it up for the sake of my curiosity.

Anyhoo ... looks like we'll have to wait 48 hours before a formal declaration but things definitely look promising.

WGA members will have the chance to vote on whether to end the strike under an expedited 48-hour voting process, WGA leaders told members during Saturday's night's meeting to detail the contract deal just reached with the majors.

That means scribes technically will not be back to work on Monday, as had been widely expected in recent days. However, numerous members attending the meeting - which drew about 3,000 to the Shrine Auditorium -- said many people will unofficially be prepping projects and scripts.

The WGA negotiating committee, the WGA West board of directors and the WGA East Council will meet Sunday to formally endorse the contract and set the launch of the 48-hour vote to lift the strike. The ruling bodies are also expected to approve official launching a member ratification vote that would take place over 10 days.

The news of the 48-hour vote to end the strike took many attending the meeting by surprise. Many had speculated that the WGA leaders would issue a back-to-work order Sunday in order to minimize further damage to the TV season and pilot season.

But WGA leaders apparently decided that going to the membership to end the strike would ease the potential problem of telling members to return to work before the new contract is ratified.

The Shrine powwow began about a half-hour after is skedded start time of 7 pm and lasted roughly two and a half hours. Dozens of members were still flowing in to the Shrine as late as 7:45 pm.

According to several attendees, enthusiasm was running very high in the room at the outset. WGA leaders Patric Verrone and David Young received standing ovations and signifigant applause in their opening remarks. Young has done most of the talking in the first hour, walking members through the contract deal points that were distributed on paper to members at the meeting, as well as by email earlier today.

"People are ready to go back tob work," said WGA member Jon Michaels. "When we started this the companies were talking about rollbacks on residuals, and now we have new media jurisdiction. It's not a perfect deal by any means. But there are a lot of people working in other (areas of the biz) who are suffering. We're not indifferent to that."

Michaels said he was personally disappointed about the guild dropping its push for reality and animation jurisdiction. He moves between scripted and unscripted shows and said working conditions in reality tv are getting worse and worse.

Although guild leaders issued a lengthy statement detailing the terms of the new contract reached this week with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, members said they were still reserving judgment until hearing the presentation from WGA toppers Patric Verrone, David Young and negotiating committee chief John Bowman. Some said they were encouraged by reports from the WGA's Gotham meeting earlier today that the contract was generally well-recieved by members who attended that afternoon meeting.

WGA West prexy Patric Verrone arrived at the venue about 6:25 with his son in tow. Verrone would not comment on any aspect of the meeting or on the generally optimistic reports out of the Gotham gathering.

"I love New York - it's my home town," is all Verrone would say as he walked into the auditorium.

As the start time of the meeting drew near, numerous members made their way out to Jefferson Boulevard to share their thoughts with the hive of reporters who buzzed around the sidewalk but were kept strictly at bay from the auditorium grounds by security.

"The strike was definitely worth it," said "Dirty Sexy Money" creator Craig Wright. "There's not a single gain that we made that we would have got if we hadn't been on strike. But it's time to end it. It's time to go backto work."

Wright quipped that in preparation for a celebratory meeting, he packed along a fair number of "Jell-O shots made with Bombay Sapphire gin."

Source: Variety.com

Re: Could New Contract End Hollywood's Writers Strike?

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:12 pm
by Auto Bot
Someone must have opened the Matrix.

Strike is over! :D