Hollywood is in the throes of its biggest labor action in 15 years as the Writers Guild of America are on strike falling the collapse of talks with the studios earlier this week. However, for WGA m…
-owned division this week to showrunners and executive producers said. “However, we believe certain services, such as participating in the cast process and/or contributing to non-writing production, and post-production work are clear examples of non-WGA required services that should continue to be rendered during this time,” it continued.
And then there was the kicker: “Further, if production is interrupted by the strike, even if you offer to continue to work, HBO/HBO Max will not be obliged to continue your salary, nor the salary of the cast and crew.”“We want specifically to reiterate to you as a showrunner or other writer-producer that you are not excused from performing your duties as a showrunner and/or producer on your series as a result of the,” said a May 3 email from Disney that was sent to showrunners.
The showrunner confirmed that he had received an email from his employer telling him to show up for work – even though his writing team are on the picket lines.This May 3 letter from Disney unit follows a previous correspondence from the House of Mouse from earlier this week on overall “guidelines” for those working at the company to follow during the WGA strike.
Deadline reached out to the WGA for comment on the more recent correspondence directed at showrunners from the studios. We will update this post if and when we hear back from them.
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