Earlier this week, the Writers Guild of America voted to go on strike after negotiations with the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) fell via. As a result of the WGA represents TV and movie writers in Hollywood, most exhibits and movies have halted manufacturing completely in a transfer of solidarity with the group.
Regardless of the strike, two huge exhibits—Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy and HBO Max’s Home of the Dragon—are transferring ahead with manufacturing, albeit with out their writers or showrunners (multihyphenate writer-producers) getting concerned. One other of these exhibits is Disney+’s Andor; in line with a late Friday report from Selection, the present’s second season is resuming manufacturing because the strike performs out. Like with Rings and Dragon, that season’s scripts had been completed some time in the past earlier than the strike, because it acquired a two-season order again when it was first introduced. Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy is claimed to not be on set and has ceased writing for the present, however as he’s additionally an government producer, he’s contributing to non-writing parts such casting and musical scoring.
It’s price noting that this information got here shortly after the Hollywood Reporter acquired a memo from Disney (dated Might 3, two days after the strike’s begin) that was despatched out to showrunners for its varied collection. In it, the company informed these showrunners they had been “not excused from performing your duties as a showrunner and/or producer in your collection because of the WGA strike.” That Disney memo additional outlined varied duties showrunners are “requested” to proceed doing—like reducing for time and making line changes—that the WGA requested its multihyphenate members to not do presently. The corporate’s successfully informed them to do their full jobs, even supposing doing so would certainly incur fines from the WGA for being a scab.
At time of writing, Gilroy has but to difficulty a press release on the strike because it was was known as. Many showrunners are additionally WGA members, which doubtlessly places him in an uncomfortable place, because the strike looks like it’ll go on for a while. The irony of a present like this being pressured to proceed working is certainly not misplaced, and it additional exhibits how ridiculous it’s that these companies aren’t keen to extend guild compensation or comply with any of the opposite completely affordable calls for the WGA have made.
At time of writing, Andor’s second season remains to be slated to launch on Disney+ in August 2024.
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