WGA West Archives

STRIKE

Simpsons Day picketers demand their D’oh!

By Reel 360 Jun 14, 2023

Oh Homey, if you were trying to get into the Fox lot Monday you were in for an "Ay, Caramba" kind of a surprise. The WGA, who has gotten creative with its themes for picketing...

STRIKE

Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg cancel 30th-anniversary concert for WGA

By Reel 360 Jun 7, 2023

The WGA strike has impacted a major concert event of the summer. As an act of solidarity with striking WGA writers, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and the team at Death Row Records annou...

STRIKE

WGA targets Apple for today’s strike

By Reel 360 Jun 5, 2023

As Apple introduces its new Vision Pro at the World Developers Conference, attendees will be met with picketing writers. The Writers Guild of America has notified its members ...

STRIKE

New York State Senate, Assembly address AMPTP

By Reel 360 Jun 4, 2023

On the one-month anniversary of Writers Guild of America (WGA) members being on strike, more than 50 members of the New York State Senate and Assembly signed letters to Carol ...

STRIKE

Striking writers throw shade at DGA deal

By Reel 360 Jun 4, 2023

Earlier this morning, we reported that the Directors Guild of America (DGA) had reached a tentative "historic" agreement for its 19,000 members with the Alliance of Motion Pic...

STRIKE

Horror writers descend on Warner Bros

By Reel 360 Jun 2, 2023

As far as the horror genre goes, Warner Bros. Studios gave us a classic one - 1973's The Exorcist. Wednesday, hundreds of WGA horror writers picketed the studio to address the...

UNION NEWS

Marvel’s Thunderbolts delayed due to strike

By Reel 360 May 26, 2023

The Writers Guild of America's strike against the AMPTP is beginning to do more harm to the MCU than a Thanos snap. Marvel Studios has paused production indefinitely on Jake S...

UNION NEWS

Justice League of Writers picket outside Warner Bros

By Colin Costello May 25, 2023

Supermen were there. As were multiple Wonder Women. Marvel's Dr. Doom made a statement. A Flash made out of balloons also stood its ground. Even DC's Legends of Tomorrow star, ...

UNION NEWS

Writers Guild’s message strikes from the skies

By Colin Costello May 24, 2023

In war, there is sometimes a ground attack. Other times, it comes from the skies. In a show of union solidarity and creativity, writer and director Jacob Reed, used the latter ...

UNION NEWS

Students boo David Zaslav at Boston U event

By Reel 360 May 22, 2023

“We don’t want you here,” “Pay your writers," “Shut up, Zaslav” and "F**k you, you piece of sh*t” were among some of the choice chants Boston University students ...

UNION NEWS

Support and momentum grow for WGA Strike

By Reel 360 May 16, 2023

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has now been on strike for two weeks citing that the Alliance of Movie and Television Producers (AMPTP), "refuses to negotiate a fair deal to...

WGA STRIKE

Signs of a WGA picket line

May 4, 2023

Tuesday morning members of The Writers Guild West (WGA) and East (WGA East) put down their pencils, closed their laptops, picked up picket signs and in enthusiastic solidarity,...

UNION NEWS

Day 3: WGA holds massive rallies in LA and NY

By Reel 360 May 4, 2023

Monday, the entertainment world shook. The epicenter was in Burbank, Hollywood and New York where hundreds of Writers Guild of America members put down their pencils, closed th...

UNION NEWS

Writers Guild calls first strike in 16 years

By Reel 360 May 1, 2023

It's going to happen. For the first time in 16 years, there will be a work stoppage by the writers. The WGA East and WGA West announced a strike beginning Tuesday morning at 12...

UNION NEWS

DGA issues statement of support for WGA

By Reel 360 Apr 28, 2023

If members of the Writers Guild East and West decide to strike when the contract with AMPTP expires on May 1, it’s expected that other guilds, including SAG-AFTRA, IATS...

UNION NEWS

WGA sets 2023 strike rules

By Reel 360 Apr 28, 2023

With the film and TV industry on the precipice of a labor strike from the WGA, the first since 2007, the Board of Directors of Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. and the Coun...

UNION NEWS

WGA overwhelmingly approves strike authorization

By Reel 360 Apr 17, 2023

The results of the WGA East and WGA West strike authorization votes are in and guild members have almost unanimously voted in favor of allowing its leaders to order a strike if...

Awards Season

Charlie Kaufman to receive WGAW Laurel Award

By Reel 360 Feb 8, 2023

Acclaimed writer, director, producer, and author Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of the Writers Guild Award and Academy Award-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, has ...

Awards Season

Everything, Top Gun, Menu nominated for WGA Screenplay Awards

By Reel 360 Jan 25, 2023

Coming on the heels of yesterday's Oscar nominations, the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstand...

Awards Season

Abbott, Lotus, Bear among WGA TV noms

By Reel 360 Jan 11, 2023

The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced today nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio...