The U.S. writers’ strike — whose pickets are piling up in Hollywood and New York City — has put many scripted projects on hold. This is why the stop led to the closure of Hollywood in a dimension not seen since the times of the pandemic. He hasn’t been heard from since the last WGA (Screenwriters Guild of America) strike 15 years ago.
Impacts of the Hollywood strike
See below all the productions that have been affected by the writers’ strike:
The third season writing staff of the Emmy-winning series “Abbott Elementary” was scheduled to meet on May 2. But the meeting was cancelled.
In an interview with “Democracy Now,” writer Brittani Nichols revealed that this strike could affect how many episodes they can write for next season. “We’re a show that writes as it airs,” Nichols said. “If this strike goes on for any significant amount of time, our show won’t be on time and that could change the amount of episodes, which I’m sure will make people very angry,” she added.
As with “House of the Dragon,” production on the second season of the “Lord of the Rings” spin-off will continue during the Hollywood strike. But the Amazon Prime Video original series won’t have the services of executive producers JD Payne and Patrick McKay (who advocate discontinuing the category).
The script for the eighth and final season of the Netflix animated series has been in the works for six weeks. Without the strike, the creators would finish writing it in August 2023. Now, there is no forecast for the completion of the work.
Marvel has wrapped pre-production on the “Blade” reboot, which will star Mahershala Ali (Green Book) as the titular vampire hunter.
“Cobra Kai” has closed the writers room for the sixth season. Series co-creator Jon Hurwitz wrote “pencil down” on social media in solidarity with the shutdown. The writers’ room is closed and no writers are on set for production on the season.
Production on the fourth season of the Paramount+ series has wrapped ahead of schedule. This was because filming was impacted by the departure of a cast member over a personal matter and the picketing of WGA members.
Neil Gaiman has also expressed his support for the writers’ strike on a social network. The author had previously published that the second season of “Good Omens”, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, would be released “at some point” during the American summer (between June and September).
However, if you’re expecting an exciting press tour from Gaiman, you may need divine intervention as the writer is on strike.
Unlike the aforementioned late night shows, Fox News Channel has revealed that it will continue to air new shows from Greg Gutfeld’s talk show.
As for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff, every page of the script has been turned in. On the other hand, if there is a need to rewrite or adapt scenes during the strike, difficulties may arise.
Series co-creator Ashley Lyle posted on social media that all writing progress on the third season of the Showtime drama has stalled after exactly one day of progress. “It was amazing, creatively refreshing and a lot of fun. And I am so excited to be back as soon as the WGA gets a fair settlement,” she wrote.
Host Drew Barrymore has stepped down as host of the MTV Movie Awards. Even the red carpet of this star-studded event was rolled out after the strike was confirmed.
Production on the second season of the Issa Rae series wrapped in April 2023.
The live sketch show has stopped work in support of the writers strike. Former cast member Pete Davidson was scheduled to perform last Saturday (6), alongside musical guest Lil Uzi Vert.
The Duffer brothers, creators of Stranger Things, shared a statement that production on the Netflix series would not move forward until an agreement was reached between WGA and AMPTP.
The talk show will not be filmed. However, new episodes that have already been taped and scheduled to air will remain on the schedule. Therefore, previously released episode listings remain valid for this week.
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” CBS’ “The Late Show,” and NBC’s “Tonight” and “Late Night” are all on hiatus and will air reruns. HBO will also end the live production of “Real Time with Bill Maher” and “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver. Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show’ (which was currently hosted by a rotating cast of comedians) is also on hiatus.
The scripts for AMC’s Anne Rice series and its “Walking Dead” spinoffs are ready, but no production has started.
With information from Variety
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