Posted on 11/30/2007 4:25:21 AM PST by abb
Striking screenwriters on Thursday night dismissed a new set of proposals from producers as “a massive rollback,” and called on their members to continue their walkout with fresh resolve despite a plan to continue talks on Tuesday.
In a move to end a nearly four-week-old strike by writers, Hollywood’s studios and networks — represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — earlier in the day offered a new package of proposals that includes a revised offer for payments related to movies and shows distributed via new media.
In a statement, producers said the new package, styled a “New Economic Partnership” with writers, would add $130 million to $1.3 billion already paid annually to writers.
One company executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid conflict with writers and other executives, said the word “partnership” was chosen to convey a sense that the new proposals were far-reaching, offered new approaches to issues that had separated the parties and involved “give and take” between writers and producers.
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The continued stand-off pushed Hollywood toward a decision point in the next week or so, as writers will have to decide whether to dig in for a long strike, or return to work without a contract, perhaps to resume their walk-out next June when members of the Screen Actors Guild might join them.
At the same time, companies will rapidly see the rest of the current television season crumble, unless they make another move to meet the writers’ demands.
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Good. The drivel currently coming out of Hollyweird isn’t worth the paper or toner used to print it.
However, the desperation in Hollyweird to put something on TV or in the movie houses only gets us more crap like “reality” TV or anti-Iraq War propaganda.
I’ll start rummaging through my DVD and VHS collection of movies from the 30s - 70s. Some good flicks in there.
Why can’t the writers for the Geico and Alltel commercials go on strike?
I thought some of them were no longer with us....
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It is still football season and there’s the history channel. But I’m looking forward to seeing season 2 of jericho.
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