Television and film writers, on strike over 'existential crisis' of Hollywood dream factory that mistreats source of its stories, say they are fed up with seeing their profession become more precarious in the age of streaming
Screenwriting has always had to deal with the intermittent nature of Hollywood productions. / Photo: AFP
"What the studios are trying to do is basically turn our work into gig work, and make it impossible for writers to have a career," said Sarah Fischer, on the picket line on Wednesday outside major studio Warner Bros. The powerful union represents 11,500 screenwriters and ordered a strike this week after talks with Hollywood studios and streaming services over better pay and conditions collapsed.
Today, seasons commissioned by streaming platforms can be as short as six episodes, often all written before filming begins.
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