Writers Guild Scores $5.25 Million Interest Award From Disney on Fox Animation Residuals
Reading now: 302
hollywoodreporter.comThe Writers Guild of America West reached a $5.25 million interest settlement with Disney on late residuals payments for five Fox animated series – The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show and Futurama – the union announced Friday.
It’s the largest interest-only settlement in the WGA’s history, the union said. (The residuals themselves were paid in 2018, late.) The settlement was reached by the guild’s “legal team,” the union announcement to members said, adding that over 250 writers have already received checks.
By way of comparison, the residuals dept. and legal dept. combined usually recover about $1.5 million annually in interest on residuals, across numerous claims, according to figures in the guild’s 2019 annual.
Read more on hollywoodreporter.com
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
