Writers Guild Strike

Apple may have entered the virtual reality arena earlier today with the unveiling of a new platform and headset, launched with the help of Disney boss Bob Iger, but in the real world it spent the day being targeted by writers. The WGA decided to leaflet outside Apple's HQ as well as in various cities…

The WGA has detailed its plans to target Apple to coincide with its Worldwide Developers Conference. As Deadline revealed earlier today, the writers guild is planning action against the tech giant on Monday June 5. It has now sent members a list of targets where its members will be leafleting (see…

UPDATED: Reaction is coming in after the Directors Guild and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached a tentative deal on a new three-year contract late Saturday night. Striking writers express some disappointment in their sister union while showing resolve in their own fight for a fair…

The Directors Guild's tentative agreement with the studios for a new film and TV contract, reached late last night, eliminated the prospect of an unprecedented WGA, DGA and SAG-AFTRA three-guild strike which would’ve paralyzed the film and TV industry. It also likely won’t bring the labor peace the…

The Directors Guild and the studios have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. The deal includes wage increases and “a 76% increase in foreign residuals for the largest platforms,” says the DGA. The pact, which also addresses AI, comes on the 33rd day of the Writers Guild…

Entertainment Partners, the global payroll and production finance firm, is offering its entire lineup of Academy Training Courses free of charge during the Writers Guild strike, which is now entering its second month. The online courses, which normally range from $99-$199, cover a range of back-office…

A column chronicling conversations and events during award seasons. Welcome to a special edition of Notes on the Season — Emmy Season, that is. Well if you think the Writers Guild strike and looming possible actions by the DGA and SAG/AFTRA are…

In a defiant clarion call for continued solidarity and endurance as the Writers Guild's strike enters its second month, WGA negotiating committee co-chair Chris Keyser says in a new video that the guild's fight for a fair contract is not one that's being fought for writers alone, but for the entire labor…

Billy Ray and Todd Garner are back for Week 5 of the WGA standoff on Deadline's Strike Talk podcast. Click below to listen. This week, Strike Talk looks at the role of independent producers. While often characterized as being pitted against writers by the companies, they are actually natural allies…

More than 50 Democratic members of the New York state legislature, reminding the AMPTP that companies it represents are the beneficiaries of "hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits" every year, are calling on the studios to return to the bargaining table with the Writers Guild and make a deal to…

EXCLUSIVE: The Motion Picture & Television Fund has seen a “significant spike” in requests for financial assistance from industry members impacted by the month-old Writers Guild strike.   Jennifer Jorge, MPTF's Director of Community Social Services, tells Deadline that since the start of the strike…

It was Pride and Drag Queen picket day in Los Angeles, where around 300 people hit up Warner Bros. Discovery to highlight their issues as the strike marches into its second month. The hundreds of writers attending the picket were provided glitter and stickers for their signs on the first day of Pride…