Deadline reviews that Hollywood studio execs are supposed to satisfy tonight with a view to “get on the identical web page” relating to negotiations with the at the moment hanging writing and performing guilds, presumably after the newest spherical of dangerous press surrounding the AMPTP’s failure to barter in good religion.
The purpose right here is that even when Hollywood trades—of which Deadline is one—in all probability can’t be trusted totally to report on the strike with certainty, given their well-known relationships with the higher echelons of the business, the truth that certainly one of them is even reporting one thing so simple as that a few of the largest names behind Hollywood’s studios are “squabbling” speaks to how poorly the scenario goes, and the way dire the final notion of the studios throughout these strikes is, proper now. Whereas Deadline doesn’t cite any particular named sources right here, and lots of statements are merely couched in obscure feedback reminiscent of “we hear”—reporter parlance for data sourced on background, from individuals requesting anonymity—it’s not even remotely shocking given current occasions that there’s s a whiff of reality to all this.
Whereas Bob Iger (supposedly) gained’t be in attendance—after the Disney head needed to stroll again his personal PR nightmare within the early days of SAG-AFTRA becoming a member of the WGA on strike—Deadline reviews that Disney’s Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, Mike Hopkins and Jennifer Salke of Amazon Studios, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Donna Langley of Common, and seemingly perpetual Hollywood villain of the week, Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav, ought to all be concerned with the assembly tonight.
This transfer is based on the leaks and press releases the AMPTP suffered from final week because the rake totally hit them within the face. They’d, you’ll keep in mind, requested for a media blackout throughout earlier August negotiations with the WGA. Then, as quickly as they didn’t get their approach, they went public with the negotiations—which went very badly for them.
“Earlier than some [studio executives] needed guilty Carol [Lombardini, president of the AMPTP], accused her of being caught utilizing a pre-streaming playbook,” one supply mentioned to Deadline. “Now which have solely themselves guilty for a way dangerous issues look. That’s why they introduced in [PR film] the Levinson Group, and that’s why they’re squabbling.”
Possibly they wouldn’t look dangerous if the AMPTP truly tried assembly the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in good religion? Only a thought.
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