Maybe Jill Ellis could make the WGA and ATA play nice, writes columnist marymacTV
Eventually, the extra burden of open-submission staffing will take its toll, especially on showrunners, while many younger or less-known writers will feel the loss of a personal advocate. More important, the role, and power, of talent agencies in modern Hollywood needs to be decided. Are they even talent agents anymore? And if not, what are they?
If it’s a therapist that’s needed, I’d vote for Dr. Reisman, the gently steely, clear-eyed therapist played by Robin Weigart on “Big Little Lies” except 1). She’s a fictional character and 2). Given that she appears to be the only therapist in Monterey, Reisman probably has an agent or a TV show in the works, possibly both.
A while ago, Variety’s Claudia Eller observed that with uber-exec Lew Wasserman gone, Hollywood had no If only the actors and directors who lost their minds when the film academy proposed presenting Oscars in four categories off camera felt half as strongly about supporting Writers Guild members who overwhelmingly voted for their union to put an end to packaging fees, but ... see above.
Or maybe Jill Ellis can talk some sense into them. Certainly she is riding high as a manager and a strategist, a woman who sees the playing field clearly and has the ability to make the necessary adjustments.
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