Latest News on The Strike
February 14, 2008
So Long, Writers' Strike!
The votes have been tallied, and the results are in: the Writers' Guild strike is officially history. More...
February 11, 2008
Writers' Strike (Tentatively) Over!
We aren't totally out of the woods yet, but it looks like the rumors were true: the Writers Guild and the Alliance of Motiion Picture and Television Producers have reached what is being called a "tentative" agreement. More...
February 04, 2008
Sources Hint at Breakthrough in Writers' Strike
We've said it before -- and may yet say it again -- but it appears as if the writers' strike might finally be coming to an end. More...
January 31, 2008
Writers Guild Totally Rejects Nu Image/Millennium
Apparently, there's a limit to the number of interim deals the Writers Guild is willing to make with independent producers -- something Nu Image/Millennium is finding out the hard way. More...
January 28, 2008
Lionsgate, Marvel, RKO Reach Agreements With Writers Guild
Informal talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers may have resumed, but that doesn't mean the Writers Guild of America has dialed back its efforts to reach interim agreements with independent production companies. More...
January 23, 2008
Writers Guild, AMPTP Prepping for New Round of Negotiations
We've heard it before, but maybe this time, it'll turn out to be true: After weeks without progress, it appears as if negotiations between the Writers Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers might be turning a corner. More...
January 18, 2008
Producers Reach Agreement With Directors Guild, Invite Writers Back to Negotiating Table
Well, that didn't take long: After five quiet days of negotiations, the Directors Guild of America has announced a tentative three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. More...
January 17, 2008
Academy Says Oscars Will Go On
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has ended weeks of speculation, announcing that this year's Oscars will go on -- writers' strike or no writers' strike. More...
January 15, 2008
Spyglass, MRC Join Growing List of WGA-Approved Studios
At the rate things are going, the major Hollywood studios might soon discover that they're the only ones who don't have agreements with the Writers Guild of America. More...
January 11, 2008
Weinsteins Sign Interim Agreement with WGA
Add The Weinstein Company to the list of studios that have signed interim agreements with the Writers Guild of America. More...
January 09, 2008
Uncertainty Surrounds Academy Awards
Now that the writers' strike has reduced the Golden Globes from a glitzy champagne dinner to a press conference, the clock is ticking for the 80th Annual Academy Awards, scheduled for February 24. More...
January 08, 2008
HFPA Pulls Plug on Golden Globes Ceremony
If you were planning on watching the Golden Globes this year, it's officially time to find something else to do: in a move rumored for days, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has officially canceled this year's ceremony. More...
January 07, 2008
Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner Make United Artists Strikeproof
His big-screen alter egos have saved the world on numerous occasions, and now it seems as though Tom Cruise -- and his partner Paula Wagner -- may have helped bring an end to the writers' strike. More...
December 19, 2007
WGA Plans to Picket Golden Globes Ceremony
Poor Dick Clark Productions. First, the writers' strike prompts the Writers Guild of America to spurn its efforts to obtain a writing exemption for the Golden Globes. Now, the WGA says it plans to picket the ceremony. More...
December 04, 2007
The Writers' Strike: No End in Sight
Well, movie fans, the writers' strike is a month old. Are you enjoying it? Are you ready for more? More...
November 19, 2007
Writers, Studios to Resume Negotiations
Nothing's definite yet -- not by a long shot -- but the frosty standoff between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers might be starting to thaw. More...
November 06, 2007
Judd Apatow Talks Writers' Strike
After months of negotiations and speculation, the Writers Guild strike is officially underway, so now we can finally stop talking about what might happen if Hollywood's writers stage a walkout...and start talking about all the repeats and reality... More...


