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Post by bowlofpetunias on Feb 5, 2008 0:20:37 GMT -5
The strike might end soon... I'll be going back to work for Crosswords and before you know it, there will actually be an Arrested Development movie at your local theater.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Feb 5, 2008 0:31:36 GMT -5
Explain about the strike ending soon....
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Post by Rant Casey on Feb 5, 2008 0:36:13 GMT -5
For you Ralpho
We've said it before -- and may yet say it again -- but it appears as if the writers' strike might finally be coming to an end.
The Associated Press reports that a breakthrough has been reached in the informal talks the Writers Guild has been having with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for the past couple of weeks -- talks triggered by the announcement of a deal reached between the AMPTP and the Director Guild, one which takes into account the thorny issue of royalties for online streams and sales.
No details have been given -- in fact, no one on either side of the discussions will speak on the record -- but any breakthrough would presumably be the result of the AMPTP adjusting its previous position on Web royalties, which included demands for a free "promotional" period for streams, followed by a flat $1200 fee.
According to the AP, two anonymous sources have said that "the two sides breached the gap Friday" and that "a deal might be announced within a week."
The big losers in all this progress would seem to be Andre Buckner, Tony Luke, and Stephanie Sinclair, none of whom are likely to see one of their movies pop up in our news reports with this kind of regularity ever again.
I got that from Rotten Tomatoes, and their source was Yahoo.
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Post by bowlofpetunias on Feb 5, 2008 0:43:07 GMT -5
That was what I was going to post. All of us on the line are ready to come back.
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Feb 5, 2008 0:45:07 GMT -5
This is good news, but I kinda forget what shows I am missing with the strike...all I know is my favorite show the Wire is 4 episodes away from being a memory.
I guess this means the Shield is coming closer, the AD movie, maybe Scrubs back...it feels like its been so long
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2008 0:53:07 GMT -5
I'm going through Office withdrawl. And the Oscars better go on without a hitch this year.
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Post by noname on Feb 5, 2008 0:56:58 GMT -5
The Strike? Over!? Could it be?
I am a mess without the Jack Bauer Power Hour. Seriously, I can't sleep people!
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Feb 5, 2008 9:14:35 GMT -5
I'm going through Office withdrawl. You're not the only one. I wasn't a fan of the "Survivor Man" episode, but the last new one (The Deposition) was awesome. Still, even a subpar episode of The Office beats most of the garbage on TV.
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Post by AgentJ on Feb 6, 2008 19:38:55 GMT -5
Yea've known this for a while.
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Post by Vitamin Z on Feb 7, 2008 1:07:00 GMT -5
I love the show.
They NEED to make this movie.
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Post by bowlofpetunias on Feb 7, 2008 16:31:31 GMT -5
Yea've known this for a while. Have you... or did you just know what Keith Olberman reported back in December that Hurwitz and crew were interested in doing an AD movie? It's a recent development that there was actually a studio interested in making this movie (Universal) and that the only thing left was to get the ball rolling.
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Post by AgentJ on Feb 17, 2008 0:38:01 GMT -5
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Post by hellogoodbye on Feb 17, 2008 1:32:35 GMT -5
that's cool
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