EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA is already lined up to be the first Hollywood guild to kick off 2026 contract negotiations with the studios and streamers, and both sides have some big asks of the other. Among them, Deadline has learned, the now Greg Hessinger-led Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Pr…

The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) plans to raise the “red flags” of the proposed Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery mega merger head on during a meeting with the streamer at the start of next year. The WGGB, which counts Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne as its President, didn’t go as far…

The Writers Guild of America says it is not on board with Netflix’s plans to acquire Warner Bros. in an $82.7 billion merger. After the Friday morning bombshell, the WGA East and West issued a joint statement urging that the potential sale “must be blocked” by U.S. regulators. “The world's…

The Writers Guild of America has selected the committee that will negotiate its 2026 contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The guild’s East and West divisions released the joint committee on Friday, just over five months before the current contract expires on May…

As IT: Welcome to Derry hits the ground running on HBO, the show’s two-part debut week comes after the Hollywood strikes forced production to pause for eight months. Co-creator Barbara Muschietti estimated that “90% of three episodes” had been filmed before production shut down amid the WGA and S…

Like everyone in town, Ken Ziffren knows someone new is going to own Warner Bros Discovery soon, but he won't say who – sort of. "Can’t help but mention the pending acquisition of WBD by a company called Paramount, Paramount Skydance or PSKY," the circumspect grand dean of Tinseltown lawyers…

The Writers’ Guild of America is condemning the potentially disastrous impacts of a merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. In a joint statement from WGA East and West sent Thursday, the guilds expressed their intention to “block the merger” after Paramount’s second bid for WBD was r…

The Writers Guild is reminding members that writing for verticals or micro-dramas — the latest trend that is providing a lifetime to fledging actors and entry-level scribes — is covered by the minimum basic agreement (MBA). In an Instagram post, the WGA said the current MBA includes “terms for…

The Writers Guild of America West has officially selected Michele Mulroney to succeed Meredith Stiehm as President. Mulroney, the guild’s current Vice President, was the sole nominee for the top position. The WGA West says that, of the 2,567 valid ballots that were cast, 2,241 voted in favor of…

More than 300 people answered a last-minute call Thursday to gather outside of Disney in Burbank to protest ABC’s decision to indefinitely pull Jimmy Kimmel Live from the air. Waving signs that read “ABC Bends the Knee to Fascism” and “Even Matt Damon Knows this is F*cked,” members of both the…

UPDATED with latest: The Producers Guild of America and a coalition of Hollywood labor groups have added to the chorus of guilds who have released statements criticizing ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. “Free speech is fundamental to our democracy,” the PGA wrote Thursday. “It is the lifeblood…

After being expelled from the Writers Guild of America Friday for allegedly violating strike rules, Park Chan-wook and his writing partner Don McKellar have pushed back on the union’s characterization of their actions on The Sympathizer in 2023. An official from Park’s production company Moho…