Producers United: Some Of Hollywood’s Most Prolific Producers Are Taking A Stand To Protect Future Generations: “We’re Talking About Basic American Rights Here”
deadline.comA group of 86 producers responsible for generating the lion’s share of film and TV in Hollywood have banded together to form Producers United.
While acknowledging they have made a good living, the collective aims to address the fact that producers typically spend lengthy periods in development with little to no pay or benefits.
This means that only tenured producers — those with enough personal assets to survive long, speculative stretches — can survive within the current system.
And, without essential support, up-and-comers struggle to find a foothold. Producers United members want to open the doors for the future generations of producers-in-training, and they feel that inaction will not only hurt the producers, but surely whittle down the influx of creative minds in the business, and thus the quality of future projects. “I don’t think what we are suggesting will be painless, but we believe it’s not wildly painful, either,” said Lorenzo di Bonaventura, one of the most prolific makers of big studio pictures and among the few left who still has an overall deal at a major studio. “We’re talking about basic American rights here.
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