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I hope such backstabbers do not show up.
This Lando deal was announced last week:
https://deadline.com/2023/07/donald-glover-stephen-glover-lando-lucasfilm-star-wars-disney-1235450013/amp/
There’s plenty of rot in this. It sounds like recent events, re: the original writer walking, led to the Glover Brothers being hired. As far as I’m aware, this deal breaks the WGA rules (all deals are dead, discussions, pitches, accepting a deal etc, until the strike is resolved. So how’d this happen?).
Which doesn’t pass the smell test:
The strike commenced May 2.
They announced this July 27, I believe.
And this deal happened “some time” before the strike. Which means they waited ten (plus) weeks, almost three months, to make this announcement?
Why? Why wait almost three months to make this announcement— especially since it was made before the strike.
And when was the last time Hollywood waited to announce a showy deal? Especially in the age of instant-info (as soon as Supes was cast, the announcement was made; when writers come on board projects, it’s within days of the agreement being settled, if not immediately).
Oh well, I’ll never find an answer for this so…
Well, they're warranted to be skeptical about any Star Wars news announcements, as many of those future projects have since been cancelled. But yes, something fishy is afoot here, and I hate it, because Glover doesn't seem like the type to scab and there's no way he needs the money.
https://deadline.com/2023/08/studios-seek-to-reopen-talks-with-wga-on-friday-1235452931/
The studios only answer to Wall Street, so your guess is probably correct @MakeshiftPython ...
It does make one wonder, with Barbie and Oppenheimer performing so well, why the studios wouldn't want to get things moving quicker to capitalize on what appears to be a hot market. Then again, you have all the action/hero movie flops to account for.
Both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA want more of the residual pie, that has been shrinking during this streaming era.
Both of these unions want to know HOW studios collect residuals from streamers because they've NEVER shown what this process is (hence the shrinking take home for writers and actors).
Will the studios finally be transparent and show how they make money from streaming, how residuals are calculated etc etc... My bet is they will cling to the cloak and dagger and sorcery when it comes to profit sharing.......
For our film, The Circle, we have a cast in waiting, with one American actor who wants to play the lead role, but can’t speak to us until we have our waiver. We applied almost two weeks ago, with my producer sending non-stop emails and phone calls (time is a-ticking); this is especially frustrating since we know struck companies were given waivers, no problem.
It’s sickening.
https://deadline.com/2023/08/sag-aftra-interim-agreements-spotlight-wild-west-1235453672/
Maybe Batgirl will see the light of day
I'd certainly hope that. I don't care how good or bad it is. It got made by people who invested time and energy in it and it deserves to be seen.
And Wall Street remains happy as their projections were far exceeded.
I fear this sit down with the WGA on Friday is performative. Listen to the WGA updates after the meeting; if they say words like “optimistic” and “progress”, this will be a genuine sign that things are thawing. But;
If they update using words like “unfair” “ruthless” “lacking in transparency “, then this is far from over…
That will never EVER happen.
The film was claimed as a tax write off and the footage was destroyed.Not to mention the fact that the directors tried to steal the footage from the studio in the hopes of them making their “ Snyder cut “ only to find it was gone and they publicly bad mouthed the studio.
Whether u agree with that or not,there is no way the studio will ever work with them again after that.
No rush… Making Wall Street happy…
The film was not finished.Only a rough cut was done missing lots of post production work.And once again to be made clear…IT WILL NEVER BE RELEASED.
Not legally anyway,because it was claimed as a tax write off.
I believe the directors said the footage was destroyed, not the studio.
I know it was only a rough assembly of the film.
And I didn't say the film would be released. I said that there is a Master Copy out there, which means:
The studio will always keep the Master copy and; the studio got rid of anyone else getting access to this film.
However. I wouldn't be surprised if, down the road, they revealed art work, or even actual scenes of the film.
Read three times before getting testy.
It’s about time.They have apparently been treated horribly over the years being given insane deadlines and workloads to deal with.