Re: Screen Writers Guild Strike?
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Those production companies are not on the WGA because they are non-legit.
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[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Some are perfectly legit. Some aren't.
No matter what, studios aren't going to listen to their pitches for quite a while yet (stockpiled scripts, no established writers available for rewrites), so the general consensus is that it's kinda pointless to be going out with a script for now.
But if the prodco is fully independent (it gets movies made outside the studio system), well, off you go.
The "blackballing" by the WGA is just about the most toothless thing imaginable for feature writers. You become "fi-core" which means you still have to pay dues, and you still get to work for WGA signatories, and you still get health and pension, but don't get to vote at meetings, or go see free movies at the guild. Big deal. Plus, as fi-core, you can still work for non-sigs if you want.
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