Strike threat creates a suspense drama for Hollywood - Los Angeles Times

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Strike threat creates a suspense drama for Hollywood - Los Angeles Times
mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA found this 6/24/2008 on www.latimes.com [flag]
Universal Pictures is getting ready to roll the cameras on some big pictures in the next few months. There's director Ridley Scott's twist on the Robin Hood legend, "Nottingham," starring Russell Crowe, set to begin production in August. And comedy zeitgeist filmmaker Judd Apatow is training his lens on stand-up comics in "Funny People," starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Eric Bana, Leslie ... [link]

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What's Going on with the SAG/AFTRA Contract?
Published 6/24/2008 at mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA
The latest is - we don't know. They're still in negotiations. Who knows when they'll resolve this? Not us. Not anyone. What we do know is that entertainment writers have to project who the victims would be if a strike does happen. From the LAT: In the event of a strike, it would be among more than half a dozen current productions forced to shut down. They include sequels to such hits as "Night at the Museum" and "Transformers," "The Da Vinci Code" follow-up "Angels & Demons" and a movie version of the Disney Channel series "Hannah ...

Big Groan
Published 6/24/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Big Groan "Work in Hollywood has crawled to a near-halt in anticipation of a possible actor's strike, green-lighting has dwindled to a trickle, and the creative community across the board is tightening its belt, seeing the dreaded signs reminiscent of the writers guild strike that just ended months ago," writes Sharon Waxman on her "Waxword" blog in a piece that links to a 6.24 L.A. Times piece about this subject by Claudia Eller and Richard Verrier . "Actors tell me there are precious few auditions going on, and writers and directors are ...

Hollywood Strike Song-and-Dance
Published 6/26/2008 at Yahoo! Buzz Log
...  the Screen Actors Guild strike in July. The New York Times reports that while the writers' strike actually helped some TV shows get ahead, major film projects may be endangered. We can imagine: Would director Ridley Scott be forced to defy Hollywood tradition and hire an actual Englishman to play Robin Hood for his film "Nottingham"? Will all comic-book ensemble movies end once and for all if the Justice League project dies? The upside: A delay could help knock Judd Apatow off the Farrelly and Wachowski brothers' creative downward ...