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Writers Strike

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Host Charles Horak is joined by On Film contributor Kyle Alvarado to the studio to discuss the impact of the Writers' Strike and their demands from movie studios. On Tuesday 2nd of this year, about eleven thousand of the Writers Guild of America members voted to strike. Among their demands are restrictions on whether or not studios should feed scripts from AI, and restrictions on problems related to modern streaming corporations and the production of new series and movies.

Additional Information/Links:

  • You can read more about the history and negotiations of the Writers Guild of America at their website: https://www.wga.org/

Originally aired on May 13, 2023