As the WGA signals it is 'ready for a battle' over streaming revenue, producers are giving early series renewals and extending episode counts. More insight from brynsandberg on how studios are stockpiling for a writers strike:
The 2007-08 writers strike cost the Los Angeles economy an estimated $2.5 billion.
The current three-year contract won't expire until May 1, and it's hard to know how amenable the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will be to the WGA's demands, which are likely to center on compensation in the streaming era, when backends are being limited or eliminated, residuals are down and shows are producing fewer episodes. That hasn't stopped executives at the major studios, networks and streaming outlets from building contingencies wherever they can.
The irony of such requests is not lost on writers, some of whom feel like they are being asked to dig their own grave. "Showrunners have an inherent conflict of interest when executives come to them asking for additional content," explains veteran writer-producer Marc Guggenheim . "On the one hand, we feel an obligation to our casts and crews to keep them working.
Still, three months out, there are many more questions than answers. Chief among them is how far-reaching a stoppage would be. "Crossing the picket line becomes really tricky for people. So even if you get ahead and stockpile, the odds of actually making those things diminish because the sister and brother guilds [might not] agree to work," says WarnerMedia Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt, who watched as many actors picketed in solidarity with the WGA during the last strike.
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