The guild doesn't have the ability legally to stop this from happening, or the financing is not coming from a struck company like the MRC movie with Viola Davis. But for the most part, if there is a struck company in any part of the chain of the movie currently, then it's not getting one of these interim agreements. Down the line, but I think people are anticipating that there will be a deal at some point and then it'll be back to quasi-normal.
After months of stagnation, the AMPTP has asked the Writers Guild back to the negotiating table. Is there a deal to be made? Plus, Disney re-hires some familiar faces as consultants.
Then, director Sam Pollard discusses his new doc The League, which pairs his love of baseball with his ongoing examination of Black history, and discusses working with producer Questlove and the “uphill climb” of documentary filmmaking.