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Weinsteins Sign Interim Agreement with WGA

by Jeff Giles | January 11, 2008

Summary

Add The Weinstein Company to the list of studios that have signed interim agreements with the Writers Guild of America. Back to Article

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BowieSwimmer writes:
on Jan 11 2008 05:27 AM

The Weinstein Company hasn't put out a hit in months...or even a truly quality movie.
While Grindhouse is one of my favorite films of the year, it certainly wasn't a box office hit. At all.
So is this news great? Well, its great that a studios are finally trying to resolve the issue. I just wish it was a larger studio that released more quality films.

...and why is Strike (2002) the featured movie?
I mean its hilarious, I get it, but its just so [beautifully] random.

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Elmeliac writes:
on Jan 11 2008 06:07 AM

This whole affair is really quite terrible, 24 has come to a halt!! I need my Bauer fix ASAP!

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highdough writes:
on Jan 11 2008 10:09 AM

It's interesting that the deal the WGA is offering is god enough for World-Wide Pants, UA and the Weinstein Company, yet the multinational corporations, I mean major studios won't even negotiate. Mmm.

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minderbinder writes:
on Jan 11 2008 12:25 PM

It's not a big step, but every company that signs an agreement chips away at the AMPTP's position.

It's pretty hard for them to defend refusing to even talk with the WGA when more and more of these small companies are saying that the WGA's requests are completely reasonable and they're willing to accept them.

While UA and Weinstein haven't had a hit lately, this has the potential to be a BIG advantage for them. Since they are the only ones working on new projects, it's a chance to attract better talent than usual, and if the strike drags on long enough they could have films in the theatre with little competition from the big studios. But then again, the studios will likely give in if the strike is still going on and they run out of films to release.

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airsickmoth writes:
on Jan 11 2008 02:13 PM

Maybe if Warner switched sides we could declare this war finally over. I mean they do seem to have a lot of effect on battles of will recently.

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lamer writes:
on Jan 12 2008 12:37 AM

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You mean in the same way as the HD-DVD/Blu Ray incident?

...guess you aren't too far off.

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Matanuki writes:
on Jan 12 2008 06:03 PM

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You know something, Mindbender, I wouldn't mind if the bigger studios suffered the ultimate cost of their stubbornness. If they disappeared altogether and the smaller companies who can concede to the notion of offering writers respect took over the entire business. F**k em all, I say if they won't negotiate. We'll see how well they do in the box-office without writers. I laugh at the thought.

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