Less than a week before the Writers Guild of America's latest contract expires on Monday, May 1, the Guild has sent out strike rules to its members in anticipation of a labor action hitting Hollywood as soon as Tuesday morning.
Elsewhere, the WGA compiled answers to frequently-asked questions from members, and the answer to many of them is “No.” The list ranges from unemployment insurance for strikers (you don’t get it in California, but you do in New York) to whether employers can cancel writing assignments and overall deals during a strike (it depends).
In addition, a video featuring BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, a WGA West board member, discusses the history of gains the Guild has made by standing firm at the bargaining table – and by going on strike if all else fails.
And speaking of standing firm, IATSE announced it had joined SAG-AFTRA and the DGA in support of the Writers Guild. >>>Deadline's Coverage Here |
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Disney Drama, Day 2 - The second day of Disney’s largest wave of layoffs involved TV staff reductions in first-run syndication and unscripted/alternative, as well as marketing, animation and communications. At ESPN, Russell Wolff, GM of the division's streaming service is gone, along with a few dozen other staffers. On the feature film side, those being laid off were largely mid level. >>>Searchlight Hit
"It’s Going To Be Big" - The first screening of D.C.'s The Flash at CinemaCon elicited rapturous, if vague, reactions from theater owners and critics, including Deadline's Pete Hammond who called it "not just a great new addition to DC, but a wild and surprising tribute to what came before." >>>Emotional Ending
Bear Market - Apple TV+ is expanding its kids and families slate with Be@rbrick, a 13-episode animated kids series based on Medicom Toy’s popular collectible bear-shaped figures. The project hails from DreamWorks Animation and Dentsu Inc. >>>Music-Driven Comedy
Harry & Meghan - Ian Rumsey, the man who masterminded Prince Harry's bombshell interview with ITV in the UK spoke to Deadline about the independence of Netflix's Harry & Meghan series and revealed how his team is updating royal docs for the social media generation. >>>Charles Coronation Nears
In Brief - Welcome to Wrexham producer Boardwalk Pictures is working on a docuseries about Athletes Unlimited... UTA signed Beef star Young Mazino in all areas... Radioman indie Vespucci has launched a podcast fund and set up projects including Elle Fanning-hosted Space Cadets. |
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Poorna Jagannathan (Never Have I Ever, Defending Jacob) has joined the cast of the comedy Goodrich, starring Mila Kunis and Michael Keaton. The pic is billed as the “comedic and heart-warming" story of art dealer Andy Goodrich (Keaton), whose life is upended when his younger second wife leaves him and enters a 90-day rehab program while also threatening divorce.
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Cristo Fernández (Ted Lasso) has boarded Apple TV+ series Acapulco for Season 3 and the Disney+ film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. In Acapulco, Fernández will portray an artist and community organizer. Deadline exclusively announced the addition of Jaime Camil in the role of Alejandro for Season 3.
Peri Gilpin is returning to the Frasier-verse as a guest star on the Paramount+ sequel series. In the original, Roz Doyle was the titular character’s producer on his Dr. Frasier Crane Show on KACL-AM. When viewers last saw the character in the series finale, she became station manager. Her role in the new series is currently unknown. |
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$2.6 billion - The one time write-down taken by Google parent Alphabet in Q1 as a result of workforce and office space reductions |
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🕹️ UK regulators have blocked Microsoft's $68.7 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard, maker of video games like Call of Duty. The Competition and Markets Authority determined the deal would limit innovation and narrow choices for gamers.
👑 MGM+ is moving forward with its series adaptation of suspense thriller Emperor of Ocean Park. The network has handed the adaptation of Stephen L. Carter’s best-selling novel a 10-episode series order. The show comes from Shameless writer Sherman Payne, John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
📺 Netflix on Tuesday announced the new animated films In Your Dreams and Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, coming to the platform in 2024, while it set new voice cast for fantasy adventure Nimona.
👋 Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins opened CNN This Morning on Tuesday by addressing the exit of co-anchor Don Lemon. "As you may have heard, CNN parted ways with Don Lemon," Harlow said, as she read CNN CEO Chris Licht’s official statement announcing his exit. The show opened with a different logo, featuring just the names of Collins and Harlow.
📰 Attendees scheduled for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this weekend include John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, as well as the Tennessee state lawmakers who were ousted, then reinstated, for their protest over gun violence. Roy Wood Jr., correspondent for The Daily Show, will headline the event, following Biden. Given the media events of the week, there will be plenty of material.
🛫 Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has reportedly left Iran for the first time in 14 years. A travel ban was imposed on the White Balloon, The Circle and Taxi auteur in 2009 after he stoked Iran's ire for attending the funeral of a student shot dead in the Green Revolution. Panahi’s wife posted a picture on Instagram on Tuesday night showing her arriving with her husband at an undisclosed airport. |
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Obituaries
🕯 Harry Belafonte, the actor, singer and civil rights trailblazer, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at his New York home, with his wife Pamela by his side. He was 96. 🕯 Robert Patrick, a pioneering playwright in the Off Off Broadway movement who later won wider acclaim for the 1975 Broadway staging of his play Kennedy’s Children, died in his sleep at home in Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 85. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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Trending  Nate Bargatze: Hello World now holds the record as Amazon’s most-streamed original comedy special during its first 28 days of viewership. During that window, the special drew 2.9M total viewers. That’s nearly half a million viewers above Jim Gaffigan’s 2019 special Quality Time.
🔻 TelevisaUnivision reported soft results for the first quarter due to a slowdown in advertising, with operating income before depreciation and amortization down 10%. |
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On the Radar
Wed - Roku & Meta earnings; Disney at CinemaCon
Thu - Comcast, Snap & Amazon earnings; James Corden's final Late Late Show
Sun - WH Correspondents Dinner
Mon - WGA contract expires; Met Gala; NewFronts begin |
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In The Pink- Warner Bros. put on a show at CinemaCon, bringing out big titles such as Dune: Part Two, Wonka, Barbie, The Blue Beetle and The Color Purple. A galaxy of stars appeared at the Las Vegas confab, including Timothée Chalamet, Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, Taraji P. Henson and Oprah Winfrey. |
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