Showbiz Sandbox 633: Dissecting the New Writers Guild Contract
October 3, 2023
The Writers Guild of America released details of the new contract they negotiated with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers ending their historic 148 day strike. The 94-page document is filled with big gains for writers in pay and protection from artificial intelligence. It’s also a compromise to the deal the WGA initially sought from the AMPTP, as is to be expected.
Meanwhile the Golden Globe Awards has christened two new categories; one for cinematic and box office achievement (which makes no sense) and another for best performance ni stand up comedy on television (which seems like a good idea).
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why Juilliard’s acting program is about to get a lot cheaper to attend, how artificial intelligence is augmenting a classic Ingmar Bergman film and Beyoncé is bringing a movie of her Renaissance tour to cinemas.
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‘PAW Patrol’ Mighty At $46M WW Bow-Wow; ‘The Creator’ Begins With $32M Global; Zhang Yimou’s ‘Under The Light’ Leads China Holiday; ‘Jawan’ Sets New Records
https://deadline.com/2023/10/paw-patrol-the-mighty-movie-creator-jawan-global-china-india-international-box-office-1235561051/
Box Office: ‘Paw Patrol’ Sequel Scares Off ‘Saw X’ and ‘The Creator’ With $23M Opening
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paw-patrol-mighty-box-office-opening-beats-saw-x-1235605699/
Bruce Springsteen Postpones Remaining 2023 Shows to Recover From Peptic Ulcer Disease
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bruce-springsteen-postpones-2023-concerts-illness-1235426996/
Netflix Ships Last DVD, Ends Iconic ‘Red Envelope’ Era
https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-ships-last-dvd-ends-iconic-red-envelope-era/
“Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” Will Take Over Movie Theaters, Worldwide This December
https://celluloidjunkie.com/wire/renaissance-a-film-by-beyonce-will-take-over-movie-theaters-worldwide-this-december/
Juilliard’s Top-Tier Graduate Acting Program Is Going Tuition-Free
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/theater/juilliard-drama-tuition-free.html
Netflix, Max, Disney and More Form Streaming Industry Trade Alliance
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-max-disney-and-more-form-streaming-industry-trade-alliance-1235600700/
Göteborg Film Festival To Produce & Debut AI-Altered Version Of Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Persona’
https://deadline.com/2023/09/goteborg-film-festival-ai-ingmar-bergman-persona-1235555410/
Amazon Restricts Authors From Self-publishing More Than Three Books a Day After AI Concerns
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/20/amazon-restricts-authors-from-self-publishing-more-than-three-books-a-day-after-ai-concerns
Amazon Takes a Big Stake in the A.I. Start-Up Anthropic
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/technology/amazon-anthropic-ai-deal.html
Robin Williams’ Daughter Zelda slams AI Recreations of Her Dad
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/entertainment/robin-williams-zelda-williams-ai/
Hollywood’s AI Compromise: Writers Get Protection, Studios Aim for Copyright
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wga-deal-studios-plan-pursue-copyrights-ai-generated-scripts-1235602466/
WGA Leaders David Goodman, Chris Keyser and Meredith Stiehm on How the Deal Was Done: ‘We Got Something for Every Sector of the Guild’
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/writers-strike-wga-goodman-keyser-stiehm-amptp-contract-1235737384/
New WGA Contract Explained: AI Is Not a Writer, Solo Scribe Shows Don’t Need Minimum Staff and More
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-new-contract-strike-ai-writers-room-staffs-residuals-1235736648/
David McCallum, Star of ‘NCIS,’ ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ Dies at 90
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/david-mccallum-dead-ncis-man-from-uncle-1235734772/
Michael Gambon, Star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, Dies Aged 82
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/28/michael-gambon-star-of-harry-potter-and-the-singing-detective-dies-aged-82
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