Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Writers Guild of America is in the final day of its current master contract — without a deal yet with studios on successor contract.Talks between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers launched six weeks ago on a remote basis due to the COVID-19 pandemic after two start dates were vacated.
The current deal expires at midnight Tuesday. The expiration can be extended if both sides agree.The WGA has a history of negotiating up until the last minute, as it did three years ago when talks were concluded less than an hour before the contract expired.
That strategy, executed by longtime WGA West executive director David Young, is based on the belief that forcing studios to confront an.
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