Re: Top Showrunners in Support of Nagys' Presidency
the difference of opinion as i read it boils down to John wanting to correct the common talking point by folks on Craig's side of the issue, that the WGA is "not negotiating" -- the raison d'etre of Phyllis' slate is purportedly to get the guild "back in the room" with the ATA. As John notes in his post, negotiations never stopped, they only stopped with the ATA itself when it became clear that the sides weren't speaking the same language at all on packaging fees and affiliate productions. at that time, leadership made explicit that they were totally open to negotiating with any ATA agency on an individual basis -- and thus far Verve (not ATA) and Kaplan Stahler and Buchwald (ATA) have taken the guild up on the offer. it was posted on several writers' twitter feeds that there was another mid-tier (presumably) agency that had scheduled a negotiation session with the guild but canceled the day that the Nagy support letter was released because they wanted to wait and see how it all shakes out.
To Phyllis and Co., negotiating deals with any agencies that aren't WME, CAA, UTA, or ICM is a pointless waste of time because the Verves of the world won't have access to the same projects and talent so why bother. still waiting to more than their Secret Plan for Victory as to how they would do anything different than Goodman & Young have to obtain a different, better result.
[anyone ever take classes from Phyllis in UCLA's screenwriting program?
https://deadline.com/2019/08/phyllis...a-1202662135/]
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To Phyllis and Co., negotiating deals with any agencies that aren't WME, CAA, UTA, or ICM is a pointless waste of time because the Verves of the world won't have access to the same projects and talent so why bother. still waiting to more than their Secret Plan for Victory as to how they would do anything different than Goodman & Young have to obtain a different, better result.
[anyone ever take classes from Phyllis in UCLA's screenwriting program?
https://deadline.com/2019/08/phyllis...a-1202662135/]
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